I re-imagined a future impacted by climate change and looked to the ancient pilgrimage of Iera Odos and the myths of Demeter for inspiration. I unmasked the worthlessness of waste plastics by documenting and collecting plastic litter along Iera Odos and then modifying the sweeps of trash into a workable medium.
The wearable objects referenced the descent, search, and ascent of the myth of Demeter. For example, the route along areas of Iera Odos was an action of moving downward – from sacred to mundane – with industrial obstacles, such as roads and manufacturing, near at hand at every turn of the ancient road.
Finding plastic litter was commonplace, and symbolized how a search for meaning went beyond “the material of a thousand uses.” Inspired by koureloudes, Greek rugs made with textile leftovers, I patchworked the Athens sweeps into a renewed material to reflect and recreate a future caught in the trap of expansionism.
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