Elisa Cantarelli Italian, b. 1981
Stratification of WRP (we are plastic - black), 2022
Mixed media: dotting on whitewashed wood panel and on pieces of recycled disposable plastic bottles, fixed with pins.
Green Cast plate (recycled and recyclable plexiglass) printed on the back.
Green Cast plate (recycled and recyclable plexiglass) printed on the back.
40 x 60 cm.
15.75 x 23.62 in.
15.75 x 23.62 in.
Copyright The Artist
"We are Plastic" arose from the need to poetically stimulate the collective imagination around environmental emergencies relating to sustainability, and to raise awareness of the recycling of single-use plastic. The project formed part of the RO Plastic Prize in Milan 2020, as "Message in a Bottle" - Parma Capital of Culture in 2021, and now returns for the 59th Venice Biennale with WITHout esSENZA.
The bottle is transformed from its form as a container into an object rich in symbolism that forms the installation. Through the Yayoi Kusama-style "obliteration" intervention, this artistic venture generates a new identity for the object.
The viewer opens the curtain of bottles and, crossing the threshold, enters into a suspended state and begins his metamorphosis. The opposites WITH - SENZA linger in the mind, cause confusion and provoke self-reflection, both as an individual and as an individual that is part of an society that is evolving, changing, transforming.
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