Against a background of green rocks and moss, an image of water in motion is divided horizontally by a red container with a large white label. Three red lines are attached to the container from the right and appear to be holding it in place. Two white tubes extend from inside the container and flow with the water; the tubes appear similar in style and shape to stockings. Water seems to be flowing inside the white shapes, and the bottom tube appears to be filled at its end.

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BabyLegs, 2017-2019

It was designed by CLEAR (Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research) and Max Liboiron. It is dated 2017-2019. Its medium is babylegs trawl, petri dishes with microplastic samples gathered from the hudson river, photograph, spotters guide to plastic pollution. It is a part of the department.

BabyLegs is an open-source, affordable monitoring tool to study marine microplastic pollution, a danger to all marine life and to communities who rely on fishing for livelihood. Created by Max Liboiron, director of CLEAR, a feminist, decolonial marine science laboratory in Newfoundland and Labrador, the trawler can be attached to a boat and dragged along the water’s surface to collect microplastics for study and identification.

It is credited Courtesy of Max Liboiron.

Kimono Length (tan) (Japan)
cotton.
Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Seligmann.
1948-10-2

Scenic, Sea Beauties
lithograph printed on paper.
Gift of the family of Victor S. Robinson, Salem, New Jersey.
2004-16-2

Embroidery Sample (USA)
silk, plastic spangles.
Gift by Caltabiano Embroideries.
1941-22-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUs7k/
Accession Number NATURE.014
Object ID 2318798839