Istanbul Modern invitations all kids to participate in its “Friends of Recycling” project on the event of World Environment Day on June 5.
The project was launched to boost kids’s consciousness of environmental issues and the rising use of plastic within the pandemic course of.
The museum presents a possibility for the little ones to create their very own art work utilizing discarded supplies at house, underneath the steering of artists.
On World Environment Day, the museum calls on kids to design toy characters with unused objects, particularly plastic supplies discovered at house within the Corona Virus days.
Istanbul Modern’s earlier exhibitions that centered on the connection between people and nature, in addition to the 16th Istanbul Biennial titled “Seventh Continent” organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) in 2019, are among the many sources of inspiration for the project.
The project “Friends of Recycling,” initiated to extend consciousness in regards to the elevated use of plastics as a result of COVID-19 outbreak, specifically, encourages kids to supply art work at house underneath the steering of Koray Ariş, Antonio Cosentino, İsmet Değirmenci, Nermin Er, Murat Germen, Mustafa Horasan, Çağrı Küçüksayraç, Başar Muluk, Ardan Özmenoğlu, Burcu Perçin, Seçkin Pirim, Ekin Saçlıoğlu and the Istanbul Modern Education and Social Projects Department.
Children who wish to be part of the occasion can use supplies that often find yourself within the trash, together with plastic bottles, used straws, bins, cardboard, nylon luggage, empty shampoo bottles, gum or milk cartons, egg cartons, bathroom paper or paper towel rolls. They can share the photographs of their art work on their social media accounts utilizing the hashtags #istanbulmodernevde (which means Istanbul Modern at house) and #sanatasarıl (which means embrace artwork).
Children’s consciousness of nature and the surroundings expressed by way of their art work may also be uploaded to the museum’s internet web page. In truth, those that take part in three totally different tasks of the museum, together with “Friends of Recycling,” are eligible to obtain an official certificates of participation.
