The Canadian artist and ‘unwilling environmentalist’ wants to inspire people to change their consumption habits -and pique their curiousity, too
With a giant sculpture made of single-use plastic, artist Benjamin Von Wong wants to send a hopeful messageMeatpacking District, an older couple lingers around a hulking silver beast with five necks jutting out of its core. The man stands back and takes a photo. A young woman crouches and peers into an illuminated opening shaped like an oversized keyhole, then sticks her phone inside.
Engineers and fabricators at the design shop SFDS helped Von Wong bring his vision from what he described as “a doodle that looked like a 10-year-old drew it” to a large-scale piece that could withstand April showers and gusts up to 73 kilometres an hour. The night-long installation process was actually delayed by one day because of a torrential downpour and chilly temperatures.
For the High Line sculpture, Von Wong received some empty containers from the skin-care brand Kiehl’s, which sponsored the installation as part of its refillable products campaign. The artist has no qualms with corporate partnerships: He worked with Starbucks Vietnam when it About a year ago, Von Wong had a crisis of faith. “I contemplated a career switch because I was like, oh my gosh, it doesn’t matter how much I’m doing, it feels like nothing is ever enough and that it’s not making any difference in general.”
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