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PLASTIC ENTERED OUR LIVES MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO. EVER SINCE, IT STARTED TO COVER EVERYTHING WE TOUCH. IT HAS BECOME AKIN TO A RELIGION. ITS IMMENSE POWER IS CURRENTLY GOVERNING OUR LIVES. FROM THE FOOD WE BUY IN THE SUPERMARKET TO THE INSULATION OF OUR HOMES, WE HAVE ACCEPTED PLASTIC AS A FILTER BETWEEN US AND THE NATURAL WORLD. THE INSTALLATION AIMS TO MAKE VISITORS AWARE OF OUR DEPENDENCY ON PLASTIC AND ITS IMMENSE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTION - IF NOT MANAGED WISELY. BY CREATING A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR PLASTIC, THE INSTALLATION AIMS TO SHOW BOTH SIDES OF A COMPLEX PROBLEM. THE INSTALLATION IS PRESENTED AS A FILIGRINE GEODESIC DOME ENVELOPING AN INFLATABLE PLASTIC MEMBRANE WHICH SEEMS TO BE AT THE TIPPING POINT OF ERUPTION. THE DOME, CREATED OUT OF PVC PIPES AND CONNECTORS REPRESENTS OUR HOME : THE PLANET. TRAPPED IN THIS STRUCTURE, BUT ON BRINK OF ERUPTION, AN INFLATABLE MEMBRANE GIVES THE ILLUSION OF BREATHING. THE ENTRANCE RESEMBLES THE TYMPANUM OF A MEDIEVAL CHURCH. VISITORS SOON REALISE THEY ARE ENTERING A CATHEDRAL DEDICATED TO OUR OMNIPRESENT PLASTIC.
TEAM: GIULLIANA GIORGI AND ESTHER ALCALDE
ONCE INSIDE, THE ENVIRONMENT REVEALS ITSELF AS A MYSTYCAL ONE. LIGHT IS FILTERED THROUGH A COLORFUL LAYER OF PLASTIC PATCHES RESEMBLING THE STAINED GLASS OF THE OLD CATHEDRALS. THE VISITOR WILL THEN ROAM IN THE SPACE AROUND PLANTS TRAPPED IN PLASTIC BALLS AND INFLATABLE SOFAS THAT OFFER A POSSIBILITY FOR PAUSE AND REFLECTION. THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE FLOOR IS MIRRORING THE DOME, CREATING THE IMPRESSION OF FLOATING IN A SPHERICAL PLASTIC WRAP. IN THE CENTRE OF THE SPACE THE PLASTIC TOTEM REVEALS ITSELF. IT RESEMBLES CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI’S ENDLESS COLUMN, ONLY THAT ITS MATERIAL (EPOXY RESIN) ENCAPSULATES PLASTIC WASTE. THE PLASTIC FROZEN INSIDE THE TOTEM SYMBOLISES THE PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN. THROUGH A SUSPENDED MIRROR , THE TOTEM REFLECTS ITSELF INFINITELY. THE REFLECTIVE SURFACE ACTS AS A MEDITATIVE MEDIUM WHICH TRANSFORMS THE VISITOR INTO A PERFORMER. IT IS A GESTURE OF CREATING THE ILLUSION OF AN INFINITE COLUMN OF PLASTIC, ONE ON WHICH WE SUPPORT OUR MODERN DAILY LIFE UPON. MOREOVER, THE VISITOR IS FORCED TO FACE HIS OR HERS REFLECTION AND WONDER HOW EACH OF US IS PART OF THE NEW RELIGION: PLASTICISM.
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匀䌀䄀䰀䔀 㨀
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䤀一 吀䠀䔀 䌀䔀一吀刀䔀 伀䘀 吀䠀䔀 匀倀䄀䌀䔀 吀䠀䔀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀 吀伀吀䔀䴀 刀䔀嘀䔀䄀䰀匀 䤀吀匀䔀䰀䘀⸀ 䤀吀 刀䔀匀䔀䴀䈀䰀䔀匀 䌀伀一匀吀䄀一吀䤀一 䈀刀䄀一䌀唀匀䤀ᤠ匀 䔀一䐀䰀䔀匀匀 䌀伀䰀唀䴀一Ⰰ 伀一䰀夀 吀䠀䄀吀 䤀吀匀 䴀䄀吀䔀刀䤀䄀䰀 ⠀䔀倀伀堀夀 刀䔀匀䤀一⤀ 䔀一䌀䄀倀匀唀䰀䄀吀䔀匀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀 圀䄀匀吀䔀⸀ 吀䠀䔀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀 䘀刀伀娀䔀一 䤀一匀䤀䐀䔀 吀䠀䔀 吀伀吀䔀䴀 匀夀䴀䈀伀䰀䤀匀䔀匀 吀䠀䔀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀 䤀一 吀䠀䔀 伀䌀䔀䄀一⸀ 吀䠀刀伀唀䜀䠀 䄀 匀唀匀倀䔀一䐀䔀䐀 䴀䤀刀刀伀刀 Ⰰ 吀䠀䔀 吀伀吀䔀䴀 刀䔀䘀䰀䔀䌀吀匀 䤀吀匀䔀䰀䘀 䤀一䘀䤀一䤀吀䔀䰀夀⸀ 吀䠀䔀 刀䔀䘀䰀䔀䌀吀䤀嘀䔀 匀唀刀䘀䄀䌀䔀 䄀䌀吀匀 䄀匀 䄀 䴀䔀䐀䤀吀䄀吀䤀嘀䔀 䴀䔀䐀䤀唀䴀 圀䠀䤀䌀䠀 吀刀䄀一匀䘀伀刀䴀匀 吀䠀䔀 嘀䤀匀䤀吀伀刀 䤀一吀伀 䄀 倀䔀刀䘀伀刀䴀䔀刀⸀ 䤀吀 䤀匀 䄀 䜀䔀匀吀唀刀䔀 伀䘀 䌀刀䔀䄀吀䤀一䜀 吀䠀䔀 䤀䰀䰀唀匀䤀伀一 伀䘀 䄀一 䤀一䘀䤀一䤀吀䔀 䌀伀䰀唀䴀一 伀䘀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀Ⰰ 伀一䔀 伀一 圀䠀䤀䌀䠀 圀䔀 匀唀倀倀伀刀吀 伀唀刀 䴀伀䐀䔀刀一 䐀䄀䤀䰀夀 䰀䤀䘀䔀 唀倀伀一⸀ 䴀伀刀䔀伀嘀䔀刀Ⰰ 吀䠀䔀 嘀䤀匀䤀吀伀刀 䤀匀 䘀伀刀䌀䔀䐀 吀伀 䘀䄀䌀䔀 䠀䤀匀 伀刀 䠀䔀刀匀 刀䔀䘀䰀䔀䌀吀䤀伀一 䄀一䐀 圀伀一䐀䔀刀 䠀伀圀 䔀䄀䌀䠀 伀䘀 唀匀 䤀匀 倀䄀刀吀 伀䘀 吀䠀䔀 一䔀圀 刀䔀䰀䤀䜀䤀伀一㨀 倀䰀䄀匀吀䤀䌀䤀匀䴀⸀
䔀䄀匀夀 吀伀 刀䔀倀䄀䤀刀 ⬀ 䌀伀匀吀ⴀ䔀䘀䘀䔀䌀吀䤀嘀䔀
䴀伀䐀唀䰀䄀刀 ⬀ 䘀䄀匀吀 䌀伀一匀吀刀唀䌀吀䤀伀一
䰀䤀䜀䠀吀 圀䔀䤀䜀䠀吀 ⬀ 䔀䄀匀䤀䰀夀 吀刀䄀一匀倀伀刀吀䄀䈀䰀䔀
In Plastikos we trust. oh, Plastikos, You who from the power of chemestry have arised. Thy power stands against all natural forces and nothing can completely destroy you. Give us power and protect us from bacteria, insulate our home and keep us warm. Give us today your daily pre-made food and forgive us for throwing you away. Lead us to our comfortable, cenvenient and safe lives, but shelter us from natural dangers. For thy is the kingdom, power and resistance, for ever and ever. (The prayer can be heard in all speakers inside the dome. Overlapping, a layer of breaking waves disrupts the prayer from time to time)
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