Is the glass…
Is the glass half full or half empty? It depends on us whether we perceive the situations as negative or positive. In this case, the proverbial glass confronts us with a choice that we actually have to make every time we find ourselves in front of the shopping trolley. It’s only up to us to change our approach to polluting the planet, open our eyes and finally see how many useless products and packaging we bring into our homes, packaging that only takes a few seconds to then inexorably turn into a pile of waste.
In the video we see empty packs of various food products falling into a shopping cart, is intended to lead us to reflect on our daily choices. Understanding and what it is also worth remembering that, once the packaging, even recycled, is produced, it will never disappear from our planet. In the end of the video we hear the last heartbeats, is a disturbing and sad metaphor of the Earth dying because of our choices.
Marta Ciolkowska is based in Giarre (CT), Italy & Warsaw, Poland
Marta Ciołkowska is a Polish artist, currently living in Italy, who works within and in between the fields of video, installation, sculpture and graphics, exploring the topics of human relations and impact on the environment and the influence that the surrounding technology has on a modern man. She hold a MA in Interior Design from the Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz (Poland). In last few years, she took part in different international exhibitions, festivals, workshops and artist in residency programs.