The Archeoplastica museum—a collection of 500 unique pieces all recovered from Italian shores—demonstrates the unsettling durability of plastic waste in the environment
Enzo Suma, founder and curator of the Archeoplastica museum, with a sample from his collection.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
“We were all told in school that plastic can last for five hundred years,” says Suma. “But to see a product you may have used 30, 40, or 50 years ago with your own eyes, still completely intact, that’s different. It has an emotional impact.” Suma also exhibits selected pieces from the Archeoplastica collection at local schools around his hometown of Ostuni. “For many children, these pieces are as old as their parents, or grandparents. They’re more like archaeological remains than garbage.”Suma, who studied environmental science at the University of Venice, uses his photographic skills to create digital three-dimensional models of each plastic object, similar to how museums document ancient Greek and Roman vases.
The origins of the “Il Gobbo ” plastic artifact, likely from the early 1960s, remains a mystery despite crowdsourcing among Archeoplastica fans on Facebook and Instagram.Dating the plastic objects, which are often faded by exposure to sunlight or encrusted with barnacles, can be a challenge. Sometimes Suma gets lucky, like the bag of potato chips printed with the expiry date November 1983, or a deflated soccer ball with the logo of the 1990 World Cup.
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