The Plastic Bag Store
is a public art installation and immersive film experience that uses humor, craft, and a critical lens to question our culture of consumption and convenience — specifically, the enduring effects of our single-use plastics. The shelves are stocked with thousands of original, hand-sculpted items — produce and meat, dry goods and toiletries, cakes and sushi rolls — all made from discarded, single-use plastics in an endless cacophony of packaging. During timed activations, the store transforms into an immersive, dynamic stage for a film in which inventive puppetry, shadow play, and intricate handmade sets tell the darkly comedic, sometimes tender story of how the overabundance of plastic waste we leave behind might be misinterpreted by future generations. The Plastic Bag Store premiered in Times Square in 2020 and has since traveled to the Adelaide Festival in South Australia, downtown Los Angles and is on its way to Chicago and Austin in 2021.
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AWARDS:
Best Theater of 2020-The New York Times
Creative Capital Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
Olson Kundig Fellowship
Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant