Plastic bags are everywhere. For example, they create huge, floating garbage patches in the Pacific Ocean or appear as nanoplastics in Arctic waters. The idea to use the plastic bag motif was born during my trips to China – there, everything imaginable was wrapped in plastic bags. I brought back a huge collection of these plastic bags from China.
The Plastic Bag project consists of videos and an installation made primarily of plastic bags. The bags and various pieces of trash (e.g., collected around the city) create a small garbage dump. Some plastic bags float in the air like birds (using fans). Among the debris are placed several TVs (also found in dumpsters) displaying videos. The videos were created using morphing techniques, supported by generative AI, based on photographic and film materials collected in China. The sound is the result of digitally processed field recordings from eight-lane highways, Chinese factories, parks, and cities.
Humanity constantly strives for development in all areas—to satisfy its hunger and thirst. It grows, multiplies, replicates, produces, builds, expands… while simultaneously generating "abandoned witnesses" to these processes—garbage.
This work is inspired by Jason Hickel's book Less is More.
