00:00Artist Obed Addo is not using paint to express his ideas, but plastic waste.
00:08He carefully glues small shreds onto a wooden board, showing a woman in chains, a reference
00:15to Ghana's painful history with slavery.
00:17I know at first I was using paint to do the stuffs, but then I got inspired by the way
00:26the plastic is taking over.
00:29As an artist, if I not put myself in it and then show people how our impact is affecting
00:33us, it's going to be worse.
00:36Most of the plastic Obed uses comes from his neighbourhood in Accra, where he regularly
00:43picks up usable trash items with his son.
00:48Back in his studio, they wash the plastic bags they collected and shred them.
00:54It takes months for an art piece to be finished.
00:59I want everyone to know the impact of our action on plastic waste.
01:07And two, in respect of how you respect yourself or think about yourself, some people may think
01:16that they are not useful, they are nobody.
01:20But if I can pick this that you call a waste and transform it into something beautiful, it
01:27means that you two are worth it.
01:30You can be important if you get to someone who can hold you well.
01:36To raise more awareness about plastic pollution, Accra's Science and Technology Museum hosted
01:42an exhibition showcasing art made from waste.
01:47And Obed Addo was a part of it too.
01:50The pieces on display aim to inspire a positive change.
01:55The situation is dire, where we are actually submerged in pollution and plastic is a big
02:00problem.
02:01It's not so much the plastic that is the villain, it's our attitude and how we dispose
02:08of it or what we do with it.
02:10So it's about teaching people to reclaim, repair, reuse, repurpose your refuse.
02:17And by the way, everything that you think is rubbish can be used for something else.
02:24There is worth in waste.
02:28Today is a trash, but if you find meaningful in it, you can use it to do something that
02:33is beautiful, extraordinary.
02:35It is really amazing how we can use these things to do something beautiful like this.
02:42Yeah.
02:43So I think I can do it in this way.
02:45If someone can do it in a different way, then we are reducing the pollution, especially
02:49the plastics.
02:50It's really tough.
02:51Yeah.
02:51So I think I'll pick a perfect question because it is the causality.
02:54I have noticed that...
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