Like every year, in the month of December, the Sicilcima showroom of Catania hosts an installation curated by ABADIR: Sea Flakes it is a project of upcycling created by the male and female students of the course of Exhibition Design driven by Makoto Fukuda, to raise awareness of the issue of pollution from plastic.
The name is the union of sea sea flakes (flakes): a series of suspended tiles, opalescent resins from contact with light, made recovering over 450 commonly used PET bottles.
Plastic is a versatile material that can be recycled, reused or transformed to reduce its environmental impact: shaped using the technique of thermoforming, the bottles acquire an evocative corrugated surface that recalls the ripples on the sea waves, while the fragmented composition of the wall evokes the fragility of marine ecosystems.
The use of waste materials underline the’sustainable approach of the installation and intends to generate awareness of the importance of adopting circular economy practices to reduce waste and make the most of our resources, focusing on safeguarding of the Mediterranean Sea.
«We chose plastic, a material that is ubiquitous in our lives, and decided to give it a second life, completely transforming PET bottles and integrating them into the installation. This not only gives them a new identity, stimulating the creative process, but also helps to raise awareness on the issue of waste reduction and recycling.»
The installation is open to visitors from 7 December 2023 in 42 Viale Africa in Catania.
At the same time, other Sicilcima stores will also host the installations designed in recent years: White Allegory in Palermo (147 Via Leonardo da Vinci) and Pink Clouds in Grammichele (20 Falcone e Borsellino Street).