Past exhibition
Plastic Reef & On the Move
2025 · The Copper
Plastic Reef, mixed-media installation (detail)
Two installations by Federico Uribe: a coral reef built from plastic, and life-size figures made from recycled suitcases and clothing.
Plastic Reef assembles thousands of small plastic objects — toys, tools, packaging — into a coral reef bursting with color: a portrait of the ocean built from the very material that threatens it.
In its companion installation, On the Move, life-size figures crafted from recycled suitcases and clothing explore migration, identity, and the tenacity of the human spirit.