Paris - UNESCO

A NEW STATE IS BORN! performance and site specifics

April 11th 2013

In the presence of the General Director and other UNESCO authorities, Maria Cristina Finucci plants the flag of her New State and pronounces her Garbage Patch State Foundation speech.
This happened in the “salle des pas perdus” of the UNESCO headquarters, that also hosted the first installation of the Wasteland artistic production, reproducing one of its plastic islands.

The event was organised with the cooperation of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the support of Roma Tre University. Moreover, it was sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Environment.