© 2021 Jess Irish
Writer & Director:
Jess Irish
Inspirational Texts:
- Roland Barthes, Mythologies
- Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths
- Rachel Carson, Under Sea
- Adam Dickenson, The Polymers
- Susan Freinkel, Plastics: A Toxic Love Story
- Rebecca Giggs, Fathoms
- Schlosberg, The Story of Plastic film
- Thomas Tranströmer, “Answers to Letters” Selected Poems
Primary Reader:
- Isabelle Van Vleet
Quotation Readers:
- Javi Chavarria
- Catherine Ellis
- Felix Hoo
- Jess Irish
- Steve Mccurdy
- Giselle Marie
- Michael Stephenson
Editor:
- Jess Irish
Production Assistants:
- Gwendolyne Muljono
- Rozi Zhu
Compositing & Animation:
- Jess Irish
Graphics Support:
- Misbahuddin Ahmadi
- Rafikul Nayem
Music Score:
- Eoin Blunnie
Sound Effects:
- Lance Conrad
- Jess Irish
- Tencher Music
- Michael Vignola
- Paul Winter
Science fact-checker:
- Sebastian Stevens
Quoted Voices
- Mustafa Santiago Ali
- Bill Armstrong
- Roland Barthes
- Rachel Carson
- Adam Dickenson
- Susan Freinkle
- Rebecca Giggs
- Von Hernandez
- Julian Hill
- Buck Henry & Calder Willingham
- Charles Moore
- Sharon Lavigne
- Lao-Tzu
- Annie Leonard
- Matthew Prior
- Lou Stouffer
- Thomas Tranströmer
- Stephanie Wright
Quoted Organizations:
- Albany Billiard Ball Company
- American Chemistry Council
- Bakelite Corporation
- The Century Dictionary
Video Footage:
- Ted Auch
- James Brey
- Aero Caminua
- Jess Irish
- Richard Jones
- Vados Loginov
- Mala Moute
- Dr Richard Kirby
- Vladyslav Starozhylov
- D. Utlanov
Audio Testimony:
- House Committee on Energy & Commerce, 2019
Photographic Footage:
- Anton Balazh
- Julien Bryan
- Nora Carol
- Ethan Daniels
- Dejavu Designs
- Julie Dermansky
- Mindauga Dulinska
- Peter Factors
- Dr. Jodie Fischer
- Aman Kumar
- Andrea Morales
- Penchan Pumila
- Bidouze Stéphane
- Stanislau V
CG Animation:
- Jonathan Anadegoke
- Igor Krasnov
Imagery Courtesy of:
- Albany Institute of History & Art
- Alexander Turnbull Library
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Dr. Jodie Fischer
- FracTracker Alliance
- Hagley Museum and Library
- Heritage Images
- Hippo Roller Foundation
- The Plankton Pundit
- Institut für Kunststofftechnik, Universität Stuttgart
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- New York Public Library
- New Bedford Whaling Museum
- Oxford Science Archive
- Plastics Hall of Fame
- Prelinger Archives
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- New York Zoological Society
- Science Museum Group
- The Advertising Archives
Artworks by:
- Anonymous, Jonah, Pamplona Bible, Navarre, 1197
- Anonymous, Vetus Testamentum cum glossa ordinaria, ca.1250
- Anonymous, Jami al-Tavarikh folio, Jonah and the Whale, ca.1400
- Anonymous, Jonah, 1425
- Anonymous, Cutting up the Whale, 1880
- Thomas Beale, Sperm Whales, 1839
- Kosta Boda replica, Jonah and the Whale
- Charles Dessalines D’Orbigny, Balaena mysticetus, ca. 1850
- B. Waterhouse Hawkins, Graphic Illustrations of Animals: The Whale, ca. 1850
- Carl Linnaeus, Systema Naturae Illustrations, 1735-58
- Linton, William James, Boats attacking whales, ca. 1830
- August Rodin, The Hand of God, 1907
- Abram Salm, Whaling in the Northern Ice Sea, 1695
- J.M.W. Turner, Whalers, 1845
Support:
- Faculty Research Fund, Parsons School of Design
- Student Research Fund, The New School
Special Thanks:
- Rob Bell
- Susan Freinkel
- Stephen Metts
- LB Thompson
- RISE St. James