{"id":738,"date":"2024-10-26T10:04:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T10:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robcarter.org\/?page_id=738"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:03:55","slug":"plastic-encounters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/robcarter.org\/index.php\/plastic-encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7rpmjk8-48bc2b925564cb2ee6c7e639fa7848e1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Plastic Encounters<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Collaboration with Katrina Cobain<br \/>\n<\/strong>HD video with 35mm photos, 35 mins, 2026<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-zc5my-ced4e27bdcbb3ba87e74a72c0607b674 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7rprsa6-edfa1b2db9a413930ea4625a04116ab1\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m7rprsa6-edfa1b2db9a413930ea4625a04116ab1 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\npadding:0 0 0 0;\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7rprsa6-edfa1b2db9a413930ea4625a04116ab1 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In <em>Plastic Encounters<\/em> we find the artists Robert Carter and Katrina Cobain on location in Glasgow, rummaging through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasticbagmuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plastic Bag Museum<\/a>\u2019s archive. This personal collection of over 2,000 rare and historical bags forms the basis for a journey which sees them meet a fellow collector Tim Sumner and artist Tatiana Baskakova to discuss plastic heirlooms and the problem of nostalgia. The artists then travel to Norway, to consider the environmental impact of a material which breaks down into microplastics, the long term consequences of which remain largely unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Soundtrack by Jenny Berger Myhre.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by Creative Scotland, A-N, Arts Council Norway and the Norwegian Visual Arts Fund.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6q1j6-9f447f756b1d9eef3a3b4d0b7ffa5bf3 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><div  class='avia-video av-mpmwal8t-cfc8f3424d8d0b0ee58add0c2327b452 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1187305116?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1187305116?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&muted=0\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1l2ky-6cba1b2133cc11a8131ddea2624709bf av_one_third  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ao6te-fafb21d98f678f2f7da4115146bad808 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" 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class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Protest bag from the late 1980s opposing the privatisation of London&#8217;s water which is currently owned by a Canadian pension fund and China&#8217;s biggest sovereign wealth fund<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-zi122-8fa00465717a5971045bf2da7b9c2e70\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-zi122-8fa00465717a5971045bf2da7b9c2e70{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-zi122-8fa00465717a5971045bf2da7b9c2e70 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m7w36ovk-47d740392b7703e87952cc68b5b3ee83\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m7w36ovk-47d740392b7703e87952cc68b5b3ee83 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http:\/\/robcarter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/R1-01443-012A-1500x1003.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/robcarter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/R1-01443-012A-705x471.jpg 705w, http:\/\/robcarter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/R1-01443-012A-450x301.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m7w3ms3p-404f6c0004865b10f7e67b9e159f6363 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Trawling through Cobain&#8217;s archive which contain&#8217;s an estimated 3000 plastic bags amongst various pieces of correspondence<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-df2ddc2a9f8290a10509e1672f19163e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-df2ddc2a9f8290a10509e1672f19163e{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr 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><h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">[All photographs courtesy of Robert Carter and the Plastic Bag 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