Martins Mezulis
is a freelance Creative
Director with an eager
motivation to gain more
experience across the field.
Martins Mezulis
is a freelance Creative
Director with an eager
motivation to gain more
experience across the field.
IN PATTERNS I SEE, BREAKING THEM I LIVE
What?
"In Patterns I See, Breaking Them I Live" was a project me and my colleagues carried out during an internship with "Would You Love" - a plastic recycling company in Seoul, South Korea. It depicted the variety of patterns we encounter in our mundane, daily lives and taught people how to see through them, to see how they connect.
I was the author of this idea and carried out the complete scenography, that includes the red and yellow platform, which was 8m long and 5m wide, all done by melting together used plastic bags, meant for grain storage. Later, they were all melted and, thus - recycled, making this project completely sustainable.
"In Patterns I See, Breaking Them I Live" was a project me and my colleagues carried out during an internship with "Would You Love" - a plastic recycling company in Seoul, South Korea. It depicted the variety of patterns we encounter in our mundane, daily lives and taught people how to see through them, to see how they connect.
I was the author of this idea and carried out the complete scenography, that includes the red and yellow platform, which was 8m long and 5m wide, all done by melting together used plastic bags, meant for grain storage. Later, they were all melted and, thus - recycled, making this project completely sustainable.
“The performance challenges this ideology, and was created to help the participants to break free of this mundane rhythm.”
.The title itself was inspired by contemporary online and local culture in South Korea which constantly agitates to strive for greatness, to follow a certain, previously set benchmark for success, thus, it inspires the followers to see life in certain patterns, to follow certain rhythms and to complete one cycle after another. After completing these cycles, it is promised that certain level welfare will be achieved.
How?
We chose a location in Eunpyeong - Gu district in Seoul, specifically a culture center with an accessible rooftop.
While working in the “Would You Love” factory, I used my spare time to work on my installation piece - a large banner, created by melting together countless PP grade grain storing bags, which were donated to us by the local agricultural companies.
“Later, the bags were repurposed, by shredding and afterwards melting them, to create a whole new, special sheet of recycled plastic.”
While working in the “Would You Love” factory, I used my spare time to work on my installation piece - a large banner, created by melting together countless PP grade grain storing bags, which were donated to us by the local agricultural companies.
“Later, the bags were repurposed, by shredding and afterwards melting them, to create a whole new, special sheet of recycled plastic.”
Initially, we wanted to exhibit the baner by hanging it from the rooftop, although, unfortunately the wind reached dangerous speeds that day and we were forced to improvise by using it as a platform for the dancers.