Open Call: Oil Drip Ritual 

Saying No to Fast Fashion –

A public intervention in Brussels

 

It is estimated that there are already enough clothes on the planet to dress the next six generations. The more new clothes we buy, the more we send to landfill and the more microfibers pollute the air, waterways, and the ocean. Countries importing textile waste are already overwhelmed by mountains of discarded clothing. Synthetic fibres like polyester take hundreds of years to fully decompose. Yet, the industry keeps on increasing production.

Are you tired of the overproduction of fashion, which is suffocating the planet and the ocean and putting human health at risk?

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How?  As a participant in a living public intervention (no worries, no acting experience required! we will be quiet, standing still).

Details:  we will perform an “Oil Drip Ritual”, exposing the hidden origins of synthetic fashion. The public performative intervention will be visually based on our campaign series Under Our Skin – Microplastics in Fashion.  We will hold the activity on two dates:

  1. June 24, 11-12:00,  Brussels Expo
  2. June 27, 13:00-14:30,  Place de la Monnaie

 

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the intervention is to create a counterweight to the Textiles Recycling Expo in Brussels. Our message: Recycling is not a solution for the plastic fashion crisis we are in. We demand systemic change to solve it! 

GET INVOLVED

We are looking for volunteers, performers, activists and participants to become part of a living installation in public space.

The action is simple and will only take 30 minutes of your time. We will wear polyester t-shirts, apply a substitute of crude oil, quietly stand still. No acting experience required. 

As a thank you, we would like to invite the participants for dinner. 

Also, we are looking for a photographer and a videographer to engage. We can cover the cost of these two roles on a small budget.

Email meike.schuetzek@ocean-now.org and we will share with you details. 

Will you join us?

Thank you for your support

Our current project: polyester microfibers

The main issue about polyester is that it is a petroleum-based material that does not degrade and that is potentially toxic for living organisms. View more scientific details here.

Our positioning is based on the precautionary principle from the field of environmental law: an increase of synthetic microfibers  should be avoided at all costs.

Ocean. Now! is working in the political field at the EU level to contribute to the regulation of synthetic fibers.

In addition, we are addressing adidas in this petition, challenging the brand to be innovative about their extensive use of polyester fabrics.

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