Plastic Fantstic

Nanoplastics in our brains, plastic in the Arctic. Our practical, durable helper is everywhere, and production volumes are rising. As a product of the fossil-fuel industry, plastic pollutes nature as waste and through its breakdown products, while nano- and microplastics enter our bodies. Recycling does not work. We must reduce plastic volumes worldwide and switch to safe materials.

What does this mean for people, and what can we do? Who is actively working against the problem?

23 artists present objects, video, installation, performance, and painting:

Tom Albrecht, Sandra Becker, Carsten Borck, Manuela J. Covini, Marita Czepa, Kuesti Fraun, Stephan Groß, Shivkumar KV, Maria Korporal, Heike Krause, Thomas Möller, Sibylle Möndel, Annegret Müller, Thomas Neumaier, Bodo Niggemann, Dodi Reifenberg, Robin Romanski, Petra Steeger, Andrea Striesova, Mark Swysen, Alina Tofan, Andrea Übelacker, Ruzica Zajec

Programme
23 October 2026, 7 pm — Vernissage
Welcome: Tom Albrecht
Introduction to the exhibition: Katja Hock
Fiddle & folk music, “What Lasts”: Lyn Shuck

Tuesday, 27 October, 7 pm — Talk and discussion: “Stopping the Plastic Flood. Avoiding Waste in Everyday Life”
Karen Pastofski, Plastikwende Friedenau, Berlin.

Approaches to counteracting the plastic crisis:
“Plastic-free food for everyone!” — This is the demand of the civil-society alliance Exit Plastik in a petition to the German federal government, in the interest of protecting public health. Micro- and nanoplastics, as well as chemicals from plastic packaging, can migrate into our food—and therefore into our bodies. Plastic-free shopping must not be a luxury: it must be accessible and affordable for everyone. Watch the campaign video and sign the petition here: https://exit-plastik.de/lebensmittel-ohne-plastik/
Manifesto for a #PlasticTransition. Now! https://exit-plastik.de/plastikwende/

Friday, 30 October, 7 pm — Performance: “The Last Plastic: Myths, Fossils and Codes of a Bygone Era”
M. J. Covini

Friday, ...Mehr anzeigen 6 November, 7 pm — Artists’ Conversation
Artists from the exhibition talk with guests about their works. Moderated by Katja Hock

Tuesday, 10 November, 7 pm — Puppet Theatre
Suse Wächter and the Theatre of the Anthropocene

Friday, 13 November, 7 pm — Talk and discussion: “Plastic in Arctic Mussels. How was plastic detected there? What does it mean for us and for nature? What can we do?”
Dr. Ines Pyko

Friday, 20 November, 7 pm — Workshop: “Candy Wrapper Bag”
Make your own bag using the candy-wrapper technique. Feel free to bring your own plastic packaging.
Andrea Striesova

Friday, 27 November
9:30 am–1:30 pm — “Courage Muscle Workshop”: Radical Daughters, with registration
7 pm — Performance: “94 – Future: Life in Plastic”
Alina Tofan

Friday, 4 December, 7 pm — Finissage with Reading: Poetic Perspectives on the Transformation of the World
Gökhan Çalışkan

The exhibition is presented by Group Global 3000, a Berlin gallery for sustainable art, and is on view from 23 October to 4 December 2026.Weniger anzeigen