Induced Demand by Kalliopi Monoyios

August 2024 installation at Carbondale Arts' Launchpad Gallery in Carbondale, CO

Kalliopi Monoyios

Induced Demand, 2024

single-use plastic, upcycled fabric lining, polyester thread

96 x 348 in

NFS

Consider this: every single piece of plastic ever made is still on this planet somewhere today, save the estimated 11% that has been incinerated with municipal waste. We are now facing almost 75 years of plastic production and every year we pump new plastic into the world. Induced Demand is a fine art infographic designed to show how the plastic industry is pumping increasing amounts of plastic into the system each year. Each circular quilt represents one year of plastic production globally. The area of the circle is proportional to how much new plastic was manufactured worldwide in a given year—e.g. 50 million metric tons in 1975 vs 451 million metric tons in 2018. The colorful circle inside each data point represents the estimated 40% that was used for packaging (short-hand for single-use plastic). The small black dot associated with each quilt represents the ~8% that was recycled.

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