DEVOURING FLORA – Futuristic Ecosystems / Trash Sculpture

DEVOURING FLORA – Futuristic Ecosystems / Trash Sculpture

Introduction:
A glowing monument to the Anthropocene. Devouring Flora depicts a mutated, aggressive nature that no longer rejects our plastic waste but devours it. The sculpture emerged from a trash collection initiative in cooperation with the environmental protection organization Global 2000. What we discard returns to us as a hybrid, toxic beauty.

Concept & Cooperation:
The raw material for this work does not come from an art supply store, but from the environment: plastic bottles, e-waste, glass, and synthetic packaging collected during clean-up actions. Through heat manipulation (heat guns, soldering irons), rigid plastic deforms, mimicking organic growth patterns, melting into new “tissues.”
Integrated lighting (LEDs) gives the object a seductive aesthetic—it lures like a poisonous blossom. Yet upon closer inspection, the origin reveals itself: our own consumption. Devouring Flora asks radically: If we coat the planet in plastic, what new life forms will emerge from it? Will they still need us?

Material: Collected waste (plastic, glass, wire), PU foam, LED lights, acrylic paint, heat modulation

Cooperation: Material sourced from Global 2000 trash collection

Dimensions: 44 x 34 x 41 cm

Year: 2025/26