2019| The Plastic Project (Jakarta, Gudskul and beyond)

2019 | The Plastic Project (Jakarta, Gudskul and beyond)

From Left Amy from Grafis Huru Hara Jakarta, Anna Cuomo from Madre Museum Napoli and AZ during artwork installation

Discarded plastics collected in Jakarta and beyond were reassembled into installation. A reflection on the paradox of plastic as disposable yet indestructible, extending the archive into environmental urgency.

The Plastic Project was realized during my time at Gudskul in Jakarta, where I worked with locally collected plastics as the central material. Everyday fragments — bags, wrappers, containers — were gathered and reassembled into installation, creating a dialogue between fragility and permanence. While plastic is often discarded without thought, it is one of the most enduring materials of the modern world, refusing to decay. By working with it as both archive and surface, the project emphasized the contradiction between disposability and permanence, waste and transformation. In this way, the installation linked to my ongoing interest in overlooked materials, but placed it within the urgency of environmental crisis. The work asked how something designed to be thrown away continues to shape landscapes, memories, and futures long after its intended use.

Close up view of artwork