Crochet Coral Reef: TOXIC SEAS

September 15, 2016 to February 5, 2017 - This exhibition consists of three main “habitats.” A giant Coral Forest and a collection of miniature Pod Worlds represent the diversity of living corals through the varying textures, colors, and forms of crocheted yarn and beads. Two Bleached Crochet Reefs serve as invocations of dying corals, while The Midden four years’ worth of the Wertheims’ own plastic trash constitutes a personal response to the issue of plastic waste in the oceans, and human-made phenomena such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The “Crochet Coral Reef” mixes environmental science with science fiction to create a call to action in this time of human impact and responsibility.