SALVAGE
Conversations with artists who use repurposed materials in their art practice.
SALVAGE is a podcast that celebrates creativity and sustainability through conversations with artists who turn discarded materials into powerful works of art. Each episode dives into their stories, techniques, and the deeper messages behind their work, showing how art can transform waste into beauty and inspire action against overconsumption and wastefulness.
It’s a space for exploring how creativity and mindfulness can help us reimagine our relationship with the planet—one repurposed piece at a time.
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SALVAGE
Conversation with Alejandro Duran
Please enjoy my conversation with Alejandro Durán. Alejandro is an artist who transforms international trash washing ashore on Mexico's Caribbean coast into aesthetic yet unsettling artworks, awakening viewers to the threat of plastic pollution. His long-term project, “Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape,” uses photography and installation to explore the complex intersections of humanity and nature, highlighting the pervasive impact of consumer culture on the natural world.
Plasticulture, the exhibit where Alejandro and I met https://sva.edu/events/plasticulture
Trash map https://alejandroduran.com/internationalflotsam
Plastic Blues video https://alejandroduran.com/current-exhibitions-3
Alejandro’s TED talk https://www.ted.com/speakers/alejandro_duran
This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART.
If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist.
Music theme by RC Guida
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