Big isn’t always better

Plastic City represents the annual consumption of one individual. The miniature buildings are made from every plastic container I bought during 2010; they were stored instead of recycled.

The vaguely sci-fi style of the mini city’s ‘architecture’ is an invitation to think about the future. Plastic City embodies a number of timely questions about the types of cities we want to live in, sustainable practice in urban environments and personal responsibility.

Visitors should leave asking themselves, “How big would my Plastic City be?” In this case, bigger isn’t better.

Plastic City highlights the fact that recycling is not enough. We need to choose items that aren’t heavily packaged. We need to use less and re-use, not just recycle.

Tracey Clement
2012

Plastic City was constructed on site over a week at Articulate Project Space, June 19-24, 2012.

The public were invited to visit during the making process and helped to ‘recycle’ the work at the closing event.

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