"Rocks record history, while plastic remembers the present." Since the onset of mass production in the 1930s, plastic has quietly integrated into the earth, becoming the most distinct marker of the "Anthropocene" within our geological strata.

Floating Stratum Project collects discarded polystyrene from the shores of Taoyuan. By using acetone to soften the material and release the air that once gave it volume, the team reduces it into a dense, clay-like substance. This material acts as a binder, cementing accumulated dust and sand much like the formation of natural sedimentary rock.

By mixing sand and soil from various Taoyuan wetlands, the work simulates natural sedimentation to create a "stratum" that exists between waste and mineral. Through the act of creating these artificial rocks, we attempt to re-examine plastic from a material perspective. As a complex human creation currently in a transitional phase of value redefinition, we use the geological layer as a medium to imagine how it will tell the story of our present era in the space-time of the future.