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At the “Holistic Quantum Activation Art Expo” on Friday, November 14, Plastic Fantastic will vend the PFIC Charms (Plastic Fantastic Icosahedron Crystals)—the world’s premier Microplastic Activator.
Microplastics have infiltrated the human form. Plastic Fantastic Icosahedron Crystals (PFIC) target PETs, the most prevalent microplastic inhabitant. As the premier Microplastic PET Activator, securing your PFIC charm lets you realize the untapped potential energy of your body’s synthetic materials.
The PFIC Charm is not merely a healing crystal; it serves as the energy source for your inner microplastics. It sends a small signal to raise the vibration of the existing synthetic material already within your own body, uniquely energizing you.
The Experiential Package: The Pilgrimage
Your journey doesn’t end with a PFI crystal purchase. The following weekend, you are invited to make your pilgrimage to a Mega Plastic Fantastic Icosahedron Crystal temporarily housed in the back woods of Show Town at the Icebox, November 21st to 23rd.
Inside this geometric marvel, you may experience the ultimate activation by experimenting with the range of movement of your own body, utilizing concepts from Laban movement analysis. The vibration of microplastic is strongest inside or near the Mega PFIC when combined with intentional kinesphere exploration and dance.
Research Topic – Call for Submissions
Frontiers in Robotics and AI >> Human-Robot Interaction>> Research Topics >> Speed-dating to long-term relationships: Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language
Not So Micro-Plastic, ICRA 2025
James Bern*, J. Diego Caporale, Diedra Krieger. “Not So Micro Plastic”, a peer reviewed work accepted and exhibited, Arts in Robotics, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2025, Atlanta, GA.
Sustainability Award: James Bern*, J. Diego Caporale, Diedra Krieger. “Not-So-Micro Plastic”
Photodegradation causes plastic to break into smaller and smaller pieces; infiltrating our water, our food and our bodies. Plastic has an agency of its own. In Not-So-Micro Plastic, we viscerally communicate the idea of Plastic as Monster, re-envisioning discarded plastic water bottles as modular robots that break apart, writhe, and scatter into the world. We apply modular robotics to construct a kinetic installation piece that reckons with the ongoing proliferation of micro- and nano-plastics
Plastic Fantastic at New Paltz High School, June 2025
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After/Time Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Aug 2 – 30, 2025)
Group show with Grizzly Grizzly members
Grid Lattice Chaos v2, close up
Grid Lattice Chaos v2 (mirrors by Oliver Greenberg). Studio Assistant: Ella Fritz. Post-consumer water bottles; 3D pen, 3’ x 4’ x 3”, 2025.
right: Triangles on Triangles v2, Post-consumer water bottles; 3D pen, 3’ x 3’ x 1”, 2025
Triangles on Triangles v2, Close up
Publications and Conferences
Topic Coordinator for Speed-dating to long-term relationships: Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language, Frontiers in Robotics.
Program Committee, Arts in Robotics, ICRA 2025, Atlanta, GA, https://roboticart.org/icra2025/
Feshbach, Daniel; Chi, Alex; Huang, Eric; Krieger, Diedra; Sung, Cynthia
Artistic Non-Inertial Tracer (ANT): an Educational Kit for a 3-Link Origami Slithering Robot (Conference) 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education 2025. Read more here.