Robin Frohardt

Created by the artist Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store is an immersive installation activated with timed screenings of a puppetry-based film. Drawing on themes of over-consumption and the excess of waste created for the sake of convenience, The Plastic Bag Store appears from the outside as a typical grocery store with colorful awning, advertisements and signage. On the inside, shelves are stocked with traditional products found in a grocery store, made entirely out of plastic bags. Each product is an original design and made from discarded plastic stuffed inside other discarded plastic, creating an endless cacophony of packaging. In live activations, the store comes to life with live performers, a puppetry film and hidden worlds to tell a darkly comedic, sometimes tender story that explores how the hordes of plastic waste we are leaving behind might be misinterpreted by future generations. The Plastic Bag Store is a tragic-comic ode to the foreverness of plastic.

Plastic Bag Store: The Film is available for screening upon inquiry. Please request information by emailing info@pomarts.com.