Sink or Swim
PangeaSeed is a Tokyo based organization who educate and raise awareness of Shark conservation and preservation. Taking place this Saturday, July 16th is their 3rd annual art exhibit, ‘Sink or Swim’, which focuses on the mass depletion of sharks. All of the proceeds from ‘Sink or Swim’ will go towards helping sharks keep a float not only in Japan, but the whole world. PangeaSeed will also be donating a portion of the proceeds to help animals effected by the recent Earthquake in Japan.
With each minute that passes close to 200 sharks are killed, adding up to an astonishing 80 million deaths each year. The majority of these sharks are killed only for their fins to satisfy an unsustainable appetite for shark fin soup in Asia and other parts of the world. In the cruel practice known as “finning,” the shark is hooked and brought aboard the boat where its fins are then cut off and the still alive but limbless animal is tossed back into the sea to drown.
Dates & Addresses
July 16th 2011 - M Event Space & Bar
The Artists
Dave Kinsey, Brad Klausen, Rhys Cooper, Brian Willmont, Ben Wilson, Jim Phillips, Wrecks, George Hayashi, Chase Tafoya, Gunnar Gaylord, Frank and Becky, JoKa, Matt Dye, Yoh Nagao, Natsuki Wakita, Kelly Towels, Jasper Wong, Lucas Gluesenkemp, Kelly Tunstall, Josh Cleary, Bwana Spoons, Koji Harmon, Justin Morrison, Sucklord, Tim Biskup, Le Merde, Brian Flynn, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, Masafumi Morita, Samuel Rodriguez, Celeste Byers, DRYPNZ, Vetxa, Sam Rulz, Spencer Keeton Cunningham, Chris Huth, The Yok, John Fellows, Ben Mori, Akinori Oishi, Peepshow, Cinzah Merkens, Haha, Trust Me, Rodrigo Akaishi, Ainslie Fletcher, Ghost Patrol, Magmo, MCA, Apricot Mantle, Remo Camerota, Skinner, Dan May, Jessica Ward, Clint Wilson, Bu Nations, Cupco, Eric Richardson, Tim McDonagh
Images
by Skinner
