Ocean Confessional

Ocean Confessional: A social innovation that includes the natural world directly in the conversation. Ocean Confessional engaged the general public through a creative design research installation.

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Passersby were invited to write “the secret guilt they felt about the ocean.” Sam Shamsher and Peter Fung’s project reached people in the public realm, encouraging them to pause and consider the implications of their actions on the ocean, and hence their relationship with the ocean.  This project is a form of public ceremony, brought into the community in order to increase ecological sensitivity. 

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INVESTIGATORS: SAMEIN SHAMSHER, PETER FUNG, WITH FACULTY GILLIAN RUSSELL
COLLABORATORS: SKIPPER OTTO’S SEAFOOD, Living Oceans