Plastic Gusts / Ráfagas de Plastico (adaptation)
We were asked to adapt our piece Plastic Gusts to the façade of a building under construction. In the end it will not be materialized, but we decided to publish it to show the versatility of the piece, which can be reimagined and adapted to different architectural contexts.
The installation was conceived with locally sourced recycled plastics, prepared in collective workshops and fixed to the building’s openings. Stirred by fans placed inside, the strips burst out into the street in a hypnotic motion, accompanied by the unsettling rustle of plastic.
The atmosphere shifted with light: under cold white, the building seemed to breathe out waste without pause, expelling what it could no longer hold. When replaced by reddish tones, however, the façade looked as if it were on fire. What was “burning” was not flames, but trash: fossil plastic turned into residue, a symbol of reckless consumption, resource depletion, and environmental destruction. The image directly connects to global warming, unbearable summer heat, and the wildfires that consume more land each year.
This piece was never meant as decoration, but as a luminous warning—where the invisible takes shape and what had been piling up inside finally bursts out with force.
We hope to soon bring this idea to life, as it perfectly reflects our working philosophy: interventions built with recycled materials, developed with the support of volunteers, and placed in residual urban spaces—turning what is overlooked into a collective, luminous experience.
Nos pidieron adaptar nuestra pieza Ráfagas de plástico a la fachada de un edificio en construcción. Finalmente no se materializará, pero hemos decidido publicarla para mostrar la versatilidad de la obra, capaz de reimaginarse y adaptarse a distintos contextos arquitectónicos.
La instalación se concibió con plásticos reciclados recolectados localmente, preparados en talleres colectivos y fijados en los huecos de la fachada. Agitados por ventiladores interiores, los plásticos irrumpían hacia la calle en un movimiento hipnótico, acompañado del inquietante crujido del material.
La atmósfera cambiaba con la luz: en blanco frío, el edificio parecía respirar desechos sin pausa, expulsando lo que ya no podía contener. Con tonos rojizos, en cambio, la fachada parecía arder. Lo que aquí “se quemaba” no eran llamas, sino basura: plástico fósil convertido en residuo, símbolo del consumo desmedido, la explotación de recursos y la destrucción del entorno. Una imagen que conecta directamente con el calentamiento global, los veranos abrasadores y los incendios que cada año arrasan más territorio.
La pieza no buscaba decorar, sino advertir: hacer visible lo invisible, dar forma a lo acumulado dentro, hasta que termina saliendo con violencia.
Ojalá pronto podamos materializar esta idea que encaja plenamente con nuestra filosofía de trabajo: intervenciones creadas con materiales reciclados, en colaboración con voluntarios y en espacios residuales de la ciudad, transformando lo invisible en una experiencia colectiva y luminosa.