Plasticus porticus

Recycled HDPE (#2) and PP(#5) plastics from the Botanic Garden and local households

12’ x 10’

2022

“Plasticus porticus” is a transitory space where viewers are confronted by an unfamiliar materiality of a very familiar material. The piece consists of 350 lbs of post-consumer HDPE and PP plastics collected from the Chicago Botanic Garden’s waste stream as well as fifty plus households in the west Chicago and near suburbs. 




Assistants:
Trevor Chan
Colin Forsyth
Paarshav Shah
Hyeseul Song
Noah Taylor



Currently on view at Chicago Botanic Garden

Photos: Robin Carlson Dong for Chicago Botanic Garden