The We-Waste Project is a physical performance and installation, a theatrical piece that brings to attention the facts about waste, and highlights the relationship between waste and man, society and trash.

We start our show by introducing a new version of society, the survivors of an immense landfill site, a representation of this long and difficult relationship, underlined by ignorance, disdain and disregard of the issue and its harmful effects.

As our main character exclaims 'It feels like garbage today!!!' a massive container dumps an incredible amount of waste onto the site. The sensation is that this human/ creature has been consumed within the landscape.

Our fictional 'Waste'R'us Society' is formed by those excluded from the mainstream of modern society which is incapable of dealing with the unwanted ones. They have evolved within the We-Waste Society, integrally born and raised with a symbiotic relationship with waste. Their chameleon-like appearance protects them from danger.

Ever experiencing extreme situations in their day to day life, our 'freaks' distinguish themselves beyond their instinctive animal nature by the spiritual meaning of their existence. These nomadic creatures construct their protective shelter, their clothes and living quarters from discarded goods, in a desperate search for warmth and survival. The cast-offs of one become the sustenance of others.

Our project intends to dive into the complexity of all these issues by evoking those 'freaks' who had no choice but to live within waste all their lives, their bodies transformed and their existence invaded by toxic substances in inhumane circumstances, until they become waste themselves.

But in the end, what makes it so difficult for humans to deal with trash? Waste is defined as everything that is unneeded, decomposing and harmful, so it has always been a sensitive issue throughout history. The bubolic plague, cholera, typhoid fever and many other diseases that devastated world populations in the past, made urgent the need to re-evaluate hygienic conditions, playing a crucial role in social development.

Since then, modern life and technology has kept turning waste into a much bigger problem. The mafia of waste transport, the e-waste, the construction waste, the radioactive waste, the toxic waste, the plastic waste are today's urgent issues responsible for much of the current environmental imbalance.

This project addresses the harmful aspects of pollution, as a consequence of economic, political and social neglect, by questioning our position in the system and all the substances we dispose of.

Through these investigations, the We-Waste Project will engage the audience in an atmospheric performance, considering the implications of our vulnerability to what has been callously disposed of.