PLASTIC BAG STORE — Robin Frohardt

The Plastic Bag Store

The Plastic Bag Store is a public art installation and immersive film experience by Brooklyn-based artist Robin Frohardt that uses humor, craft, and a critical lens to question our culture of consumption and convenience — specifically, the enduring effects of our single-use plastics. The shelves are stocked with thousands of original, hand-sculpted items — produce and meat, dry goods and toiletries, cakes and sushi rolls — all made from discarded, single-use plastics in an endless cacophony of packaging.

During timed activations, the store transforms into an immersive, dynamic stage for a film in which inventive puppetry, shadow play, and intricate handmade sets tell the darkly comedic, sometimes tender story of how the overabundance of plastic waste we leave behind might be misinterpreted by future generations.

The project premiered in 2020 in Times Square and has since traveled to The Adelaide Festival in Australia, Fusebox Festival in Austin, The Chicago Puppet Festival, Center for Performing Arts in Los Angeles, The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and has just completed a 6-month sold-out run at Mass MoCA.

The film won the Audience Award at the DC Environmental Film Festival and Best Feature at the All Living Things Fim Festival in India.

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AWARDS:

Best Theater of 2020-The New York Times

Creative Capital Award

Guggenheim Fellowship

Olson Kundig Fellowship

Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant