“IN YOUR FACE” is a media-based collective project with participants from all over the world. Over a period of three months, ocean lovers collected microplastic samples that appear on “familiar faces” – symbolically in the form of a “beauty mask.” The bleeding nose represents the destructive nature of microplastics. Our collective wave of resistance aims to send a clear message: it is time to finally ban microplastics in cosmetics and cleaning products. It is time for us humans to look ourselves in the eye.

A huge thank you goes to our collaborating artist and good friend Swaantje Güntzel for providing her artwork “Microplastics II” for the project.