CONSTRUCT
First ERE's fundraising project; a photo series and the only documentation of four sculptures built and destroyed on the same day. Put together by a collective of creatives from the fashion industry, « CONSTRUCT » aims to raise awareness on the urgent need to shift from our linear system to a circular economy model.
This artistic project is a collaboration with French photographer and sculpture artist Théo de Gueltzl, set designer Heath Mattioli. Supported on site by the LA based production team Fox&Leopard.
As the very essence of this project, the ephemeral life and gigantic scale of these constructions reflects the proportion of waste humankind is producing every single day. Each of these sculptures reaches up to 6 meters and they are made of what is considered as waste, from materials that arrived on that very day in a recycling facility in Los Angeles. After being photographed in the back alley of the facility, the sculptures were dismantled and the materials made available again to find a new purpose.
Funds will help to finance a community project in Bangladesh, heavily hit economically by covid19, the direct result of complex co-dependency of the country with Fashion industry. Bangladesh is the second largest producer and exporter of garments worldwide, employing a total of 4.1 million people. The clothing industry alone accounts for 84% of the country's total export earnings.
In Bangladesh, unfiltered industrial wastewater has already polluted the ground and surface water that nourishes both humans and livestock. Drip by Drip fund water projects in areas that have been negatively affected by the textile industry wastewater. Together with their local partners, they implement biosand filters in Dhaka or one of the surrounding villages in Nabinagar and Savar.
Companies
ERE Foundation
- Charity