The video talks about the modern dualism of nature and culture. It is demanding a critical engagement for the environment and fights from an artistic position for the human survival. The comparison of culturally important artifacts and waste products of our civilization initiates a dialogue about the coordinates of our live. The illustrated works originate from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the oceans of the world.

An archive of sculptures made of various plastic materials that were found on the seashore are compared with archaeological and cultural artefacts from early civilizations to the present day. The objects are varied by quotes of authors, historians and natural scientists.

The global economic system does not serve any more the needs of the ‘human family’. Further economic concepts and more control will not solve the growing crisis. We need new creative options for a coexistence between nature and society. Isn't the difference we humans make between culture and nature self-made? Are we humans not part of this one, coherent nature? And doesn't nature itself possess an inherent culture? Is it perhaps this culture that we should strive for?

These ‘plastic finds’ are considered as exponents of a bygone era, that has conveyed an incredible lot of waste. However, these sad relicts with their destructive energy own a sculptural strength and beauty. This paradox plays in an ironic way with the values and concepts of western art history.