On Earth Day this year, Jean Shin’s Sea Change sculpture made of more than seven thousand single-use plastic water bottles in the shape of a large wave was unveiled in Diani, Kenya. The installation was created in partnership with the Health and Environmental Research Institute – Kenya (HERI-KENYA), along with the Diani Municipality, Stanford University, and the Technical University of Mombasa. The project was part of the artist’s residency at Stanford University, where as the Denning Visiting Artist, she has collaborated with Dr. Desiree LaBeaud and her lab to address plastic waste—in both medical environments and communities like in Kenya...
