“The Sea Isn’t Made for Fish” – Art Installation In Rio de Janeiro

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A doll forms part of a sculpture as part of an exhibit titled The Sea Isnt Made for Fish at Rio de Janeiro Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. Art students have taken advantage of a material they have in endless supply trash to create an exhibition that aims to draw attention to the fetid state of the citys Guanabara Bay, where the Olympic sailing events are to be held next year. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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The arm of a doll is part of a sculpture made from trash, on display at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University at an exhibit titled The Sea Isnt Made for Fish in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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A soccer ball decorated in the colors of Brazil’s national flag lays strewn along the shore with other trash in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Brazilian artist Fabio Drumond arranges a sculpture made of trash collected from the coastline, as part of the exhibit titled “The Sea Isn’t Made for Fish” at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Trash collected from the coastline is exhibited as part of a show titled “The Sea Isn’t Made for Fish” at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Sculptures of dolphins made with trash are exhibited at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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A sculpture of a dolphin with a tire caught around its neck is exhibited at Rio de Janeiro Federal University as part of the exhibit titled The Sea Isnt Made for Fish, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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A sculpture made of trash collected in Guanabara Bay stands on display at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University as part of an exhibit titled “The Sea Isn’t Made for Fish” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. Around 30 art students used plastic bottles, tires, old flip flops, plastic helmets, scratched CDs, old tubes and plastic supermarket bags to make sculptures of ocean fauna including an octopus and dolphins. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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A sofa litters Guanabara Bay along with other trash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Vultures perch on trash strewn along the shore of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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