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Household items made out of plastic placed on a table top, including a tupperware container, a plastic bottle and a yoghurt pot.
Podcast, 30 mins

Plastic: A Cheap Luxury?

Is plastic rubbish?

Part of Festival of the Mind, Sustainability at Festival of the Mind
15 Sep 2022 13:00

Is plastic rubbish? Despite its reputation, plastics have a number of valuable properties that make them instrumental in day-to-day life. Dr Rorie Parsons, Department of Geography, and artist Gina Allen discuss their collaboration on Plastic: A Cheap Luxury. 

Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? artwork on display at Millennium Gallery
Artwork from Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? on display in the Futurecade exhibition at Millennium Gallery. Photo by Andy Brown.
Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? artwork on display at Millennium Gallery
Artwork from Plastic: A Cheap Luxury? on display in the Futurecade exhibition at Millennium Gallery. Photo by Andy Brown.

Credits

The Podcast

  • Rorie Beswick-Parsons, Department of Geography
  • Gina Allen, Artist
  • Recorded and produced by Kitty Turner

Curation

  • Part of Festival of the Mind 2022

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