OPEN ECO: Gil Mualem-Doron, The Catch of the Day (2026)
The photograph is part of Sea of Change, a collaborative photography series created with young people from a fishing village in northern Sri Lanka. Participants transformed plastic waste collected from local beaches into wearable sculptures, masks and costumes, which were then photographed within the coastal landscape. The project connects local experiences of pollution and coastal precarity to the global ecological crisis, while showing how discarded materials can take on new meanings through creativity and collective action. Supported by the Chalk Cliff Trust and We Are Kommune, Kalpitiya, the project was exhibited at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre in Colombo.
Dr Gil Mualem-Doron is an award-winning artist, photographer and researcher whose socially engaged practice explores migration, diaspora, identity, queerness, the legacies of colonialism and environmental justice. Through collaborative portraiture, staged photography, and visual storytelling, he creates images with communities experiencing displacement, marginalisation, and ecological precarity. His long-term photographic projects include No Man’s Lands; Present Absentees; Outlooks on the English Countryside and Sea of Change. His photography has been exhibited internationally at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre in Colombo, Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, Pride Art Berlin and P21 Gallery in London, as well as museums, galleries and public spaces across the UK.
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