SPECIMEN Nº6: PLASTIGLOMERATES MULTIMEDIA MUSIC THEATRE | 2024

​Specimen no6: plastiglomerates is a speculative science fiction instrumental theatre performance. In it, a group of members of the International Laboratory for Aquatic Geochemistry opened the doors of their research and shared their knowledge about new plastic formations found in different parts of the world. This work aims to draw special attention to these objects as markers of the current degree of human influence on earth ecosystems. Plastiglomerates, plasticrusts, pyroplastics, anthropoquinas, plastistones, and plastitars are different denominations for several recently classified plastic formations. Each of them has a different creation process and composition. Their formation is a hybrid process of natural accidents and human action and they are the central node of the work that connects all elements involved. This work invites viewers to take a close look at new and fascinating objects that are a consequence of the impact of human action on the Earth. The plastiglomerates, together with human beings, musical instruments, sounds and visuals try to awaken the poetic memory of the viewers as an inspiration to digress in the future about these minerals and perhaps about other unusual and unknown postnatural elements.

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