In the fall of 2017, Spare Parts’ Executive Director Mary Elizabeth Cantú and Artist/Educator Kara Michele Salinas traveled to Oahu to see first hand the devastating results of our litter-saturated planet. Trash, especially plastic pollution, washes ashore every second onto the state’s beautiful beaches because of churning gyres (circulating currents) in the Pacific Ocean.
The intent of “Aloha Y’all” is to contrast the romantic imagery of Hawaiian vintage postcards with the harsh reality of ocean pollution; plastic detritus found on the shores on Oahu by Cantú and Salinas on their trip.
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