Toothfish
Kaupapa (Plankton). 2018
LOCATION: This wall is on the back of the Willmotts Workwear Building in The Royal Arcade, in full view of the Timaru Herald and Timaru District Council!
Painted by Dunedin environmental activist and artist "Toothfish", this stunning red environment-themed mural incorporates plant and plankton images.
Toothfish’s wall is a mixture of plant and animal plankton. Plankton are the very bedrock of all of the food chains in the ocean. Without them there would be no fish. Plankton are also the driving force of the carbon cycle. Humans burn coal and oil derived from the remains of prehistoric plankton and a goody percentage of the carbon released in this process is ‘sucked’ up by plant plankton in the ocean who produce oxygen for us to breathe.
Toothfish says that plankton are the “bedrock” of the ocean food chain, as well as the driving force of the carbon cycle: "Humans burn coal and oil derived from the remains of prehistoric plankton and a good percentage of the carbon released in this process is sucked up by plant plankton in the ocean, which produce oxygen for us to breathe."
Painted by Dunedin environmental activist and artist "Toothfish". This stunning red, environment themed mural, incorporates plant and plankton images.
His artist statement said that plankton were the “bedrock” of the ocean food chain, as well as the driving force of the carbon cycle.
“Humans burn coal and oil derived from the remains of prehistoric plankton and a good percentage of the carbon released in this process is sucked up by plant plankton in the ocean, who produce oxygen for us to breathe.”
While you're in the area, wander down the historic Royal Arcade, constructed in the late 1880s. It's now home to a row of offices, boutique new and second hand clothing stores, Artma's spiritual gallery, hair salons, and Rasa Asia's delicious food.