{"id":1101,"date":"2017-11-10T20:26:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/immerse-yourself-in-city-of-fish-an-installation-made-entirely-out-of-recycled-material\/"},"modified":"2017-11-10T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T20:26:31","slug":"immerse-yourself-in-city-of-fish-an-installation-made-entirely-out-of-recycled-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/immerse-yourself-in-city-of-fish-an-installation-made-entirely-out-of-recycled-material","title":{"rendered":"Immerse Yourself in CITY OF FISH, an Installation Made Entirely out of Recycled Material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photos courtesy of William Kieffer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tonight, and only tonight, guests of the Aquarium of the Pacific will be able to experience a walk-through installation called City of Fish, an immersive exhibit featuring found-object renderings of sea creatures and, perhaps forebodingly, the sunken coastal cities of a not-so-improbable future.<\/p>\n

The installation is part of the aquarium\u2019s Night Dive event, which takes place tonight from 7:00PM to 11:00PM, to feature bands The DTEASE, Jet Jaguar and Paco and The Tacos. Guests are invited to explore the aquarium and have fun with the night\u2019s glam rock theme, with glow-in-the-dark face paint, a mini-lecture called Our Glowing Ocean: An Overview of Bioluminescence, food trucks and more.<\/p>\n

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The man behind City of Fish, William Kieffer, a Crewest Studio artist and Long Beach local, won the grand prize at the aquarium\u2019s Urban Ocean Festival juried art showcase for one of his fish sculptures. He creates cartoonish sculptures of creatures made entirely of trash and objects found on the beach. Each animal has been made as part of a larger narrative that Kieffer is showing for the first time Friday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two things that have been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember: making art and being underwater. And one constant that has been present in both of these is trash,\u201d Kieffer said in a statement. \u201cSince my art has progressively been focused on interpretations of the animal world, the repurposing of human-generated garbage into the piece has become essential for the underlying purpose and message throughout the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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City of Fish fulfills Kieffer\u2019s lifelong dream of creating a \u201cwalk-through, museum-style world, complete with a narrative story, environment and creatures of all shapes and sizes interacting together,\u201d according to the release. Kieffer\u2019s work combines elements of dimensional illustration, sculpture and photography into environments depicting imaginary worlds.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to delve into my mind\u2019s eye and then see this become physical reality has been a truly joyful (and often hilarious) experience,\u201d Kieffer said in a statement. \u201cFrom here, I look forward to progressing my art into bigger, bolder and even more ambitious undertakings, and hope that my work may inspire the viewer toward a more empathetic and conservation-minded existence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find out more about Night Dive here<\/a>\u00a0and more about William Kieffer\u2019s work through his website here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Aquarium of the Pacific is located at 100 Aquarium Way.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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