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Plastic Shine: From Prosaic Miracle to Retrograde Sublime
Carolyn L. Kane
Plastics … A Way to a Better More Carefree Life.
— House Beautiful , 1947 1
Plastic, wrote Roland Barthes circa 1954, is “the first magical substance that consents to be prosaic.” 2 Indeed, the conveniences and major feats of modern culture would cease to exist without it. Found in such diverse objects as toothbrushes, water bottles, doorknobs, chewing gum, cellophane wrap, electronic and computer parts, acrylic paint, vinyl, Formica, and the ubiquitous polyurethane plastic…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2015
Category
Technology, Contemporary Art
Subjects
Pollution & Toxicity