Swiss filmmaker Pascal Schelbli's short 'The Beauty' imagines plastic merging with marine life
Swiss filmmaker Pascal Schelbli directed the short film 'The Beauty', which imagines a surreal underwater world where plastic pollution fuses with marine flora and fauna. The film features algae made of plastic straws, pufferfish wrapped in bubble wrap, and eels coated in tire rubber. It conveys an environmental message without depicting traditional imagery of oil-covered animals or suffocated sea creatures. The poetic and unsettling visuals aim to provoke a new ecological awareness.
Key facts
- The short film is titled 'The Beauty'.
- It was directed by Swiss filmmaker Pascal Schelbli.
- The film imagines plastic merging with marine life.
- It includes algae made of plastic straws, pufferfish in bubble wrap, and eels in tire rubber.
- The film avoids traditional pollution imagery like oil-covered animals.
- The visuals are described as poetic and unsettling.
- The film aims to stimulate ecological consciousness.
- The article was published on Artribune in April 2021.
Entities
Artists
- Pascal Schelbli
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Switzerland