More and more often we find ourselves reading disconcerting news about the situation of our Planet. The problems are many, climate change, the extinction of entire animal species, pollution, the accumulation of waste. We have dozens and dozens of data available, on how much we consume, how much we recycle, how much time we have before the situation becomes irrecoverable, but these are numbers that are difficult to concretely visualize. 

This is why The Krank, a Greek artist who lives and works in Berlin, has decided to show, through a truly suggestive installation, how much waste we produce and cannot recycle. The work is called Traces and was set up in the X LANE cultural center, during the Graphic Days #14 exhibition held in October. 

The entire floor of one of the building’s halls was covered with 500 black trash bags. A sense of bewilderment pervades the viewer who, used to seeing a maximum of ten bags together, is completely surrounded by them. In addition, the installation is also illuminated by red lights, to give a further sense of imminent danger. 

Traces by The Krank makes us think, soon the streets of our cities, the beaches, the parks could have the appearance of this installation. We hope not.