The Plastic Bag Store is a public art installation and immersive film experience by Brooklyn-based artist Robin Frohardt that brings humor, craft, and a critical lens to our culture of consumption and convenience—specifically, the enduring effects of our single-use plastics.
Inside The Plastic Bag Store, rotisserie chickens, dry goods and toiletries, cupcakes and sushi, and popular products such as "Yucky Shards" cereal and "Bagorade" sports drink are among the thousands of hand-sculpted items displayed on the store shelves—all made from discarded, single-use plastics collected from the streets and garbage dumps.
During each one-hour performance, performers transform the store into a micro-cinema where hidden worlds and inventive puppetry tell the narrative of The Plastic Bag Store in a 45-minute three-act film. The story explores the notion of artifact, misplaced nostalgia and how what we value least may become our most lasting cultural legacy.
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