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Garbage Patch State | Maria Cristina Finucci _**The Garbage Patch State – Wasteland**_ is an ongoingtransmedia,environmental artworkbyMaria Cristina Finucci. The project aims to raise awareness about theenvironmental hazardof theGreat Pacific Garbage Patchcaused by the dispersion ofplastic debris in the oceans. Installations, performances, and videos have been carried out under the patronage ofUNESCO[1]and the Italian Ministry of the Environment.[2] On April 11, 2013, in the ""Salle des pas perdus"" of theUNESCOheadquarters inParis, the first presentation of The Garbage Patch State took place with the display of a large scaleinstallationandperformanceartwork.[7]Hundreds of transparent plastic bags, each filled with water and a multitude of brightly colored plastic caps, were created. These bags were meant to be small reproductions of the ""islands"" present inThe Garbage Patch. Viewers who were present at this exhibition not only felt as if they were standing in front of the Garbage Patch State, but could also see their own reflection in the mirror, becoming themselves protagonists in thepiece. In the presence ofUNESCO's Director-GeneralIrina Bokova, of the Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Italy before UNESCO Maurizio Serra, and of UNESCO's Director for Culture Francesco Bandarin, as well as the public, Cristina Finucci pronounced a speech for theinauguration of the Garbage Patch State. During theVenice Biennale2013, the Garbage Patch State, like the majority of other states, has had its own pavilion in the yard of the Ca' Foscari University. Thousands of colored plastic cups climb over the walls surrounding the ancient building as if they are going to reach the lagoon.[8] In 2014, the Garbage Patch State went to Madrid for ARCO, the international art fair, with a public installation on Gran Vía. This work consists of a ""sheet"" made out of plastic bottles containing flower sprouts, that at night lighten with camera's flashes.[9] From September to October 2014 the Garbage Patch State is hosted in theUN Secretariatof New York, place symbolizing peace, cooperation and development of all countries of the world.[10] Crawling through the masses of wastes of the world, the plastic snake reached Paris to show itself to the heads of states present for the Climate Conference COP 21. In June 2018, for the World Oceans Day, Maria Cristina Finucci launches her lates work in a very special location. A new HELP appears in theRoman Forum, as a sign of alarm to the millions of tourists that visit the famous archeological place.[14] In April 2019, during theMilanDesign Week FuoriSalone, the installation HELP has been exhibited in the courtyard of Milan State University as part of INTERNI Magazine's ""Re-evolution"" exhibition. In the main courtyard of the University, the writing ""HELP"" had a luminous effect that made it appear to be glowing like lava.[15]
* Source: UNESCO Office in Venice (2013-04-11).""The garbage patch territory turns into a new state | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization""._Unesco.org_. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Venice - Ca' Foscari""._Unive.it_. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""Rifiuti Diventano Stato, Unesco Riconosce 'Garbage Patch' | Siti - Patrimonio Italiano Unesco"". Archived fromthe originalon November 3, 2014. RetrievedNovember 3,2014.
* ""The Garbage Patch State - Ca' Foscari""._Unive.it_. 2013-05-24. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-30. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""THE GARBAGE PATCH STATE - MADRID | IED Istituto Europeo di Design""._Ied.edu_. 2014-02-26. Archived fromthe originalon July 14, 2014. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Embassy | MAXXI"". Archived fromthe originalon October 28, 2014. RetrievedNovember 3,2014.
* ""The garbage patch territory turns into a new state | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization""._www.unesco.org_. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""The Garbage Patch State: Ca' Foscari sostenibile""._www.unive.it_. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""THE GARBAGE PATCH STATE - MADRID"". Feb 26, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon June 16, 2018. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Embassy"". Jan 6, 2012. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""Il grido della Terra al Fuorisalone con Maria Cristina Finucci""._Il Sole 24 ORE_(in Italian). 2019-04-09. Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Santoro, Barbara (2022-11-07).""La Presidente dello Stato dei rifiuti: intervista a Maria Cristina Finucci""._exibart.com_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* ""opening > What about the 8%? Site-specific art by Maria Cristina Finucci – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles""._iiclosangeles.esteri.it_. Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Lempi, Veronica (2023-04-11).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Lempi, Veronica (2023-04-11).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* ""Università degli Studi Roma Tre > - The Garbage patch State con i tappi di Roma Tre a Venezia""._Uniroma3.it_. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""La artista Maria Cristina Finucci presenta ""The Garbage Patch State - Madrid | Comunicados | Edición América | Agencia EFE""._Efe.com_. 2014-02-17. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* The Garbage Patch State official website[‍]
* The Garbage Patch State at unesco.org
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Garbage Patch State **Maria Cristina Finucci**(Italian pronunciation:[maˈriːakriˈstiːnafiˈnuttʃi]; born 1956) is an artist, architect and designer based inRome.[1]She is the founder of theGarbage Patch State.[2][3] Maria Cristina Finucci is an Italian architect and artist, born in 1956. She earned her degree in architecture in 1981 from the University of Florence,[]where she completed her thesis on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[4]Renowned for founding the Garbage Patch State in 2013, Finucci's architectural works in various countries have been featured in magazines and books.[5][6]She has also contributed international correspondences to the magazine Controspazio.[7][8] Finucci has lived and worked in Moscow, New York, Paris, Brussels, Madrid, and currently resides in Rome.[] After obtaining her degree and professional qualification, Maria Cristina Finucci left Italy to accompany her husband, due to his diplomatic career. During her years abroad, she collaborated with various professionals and worked on a series of residential and commercial projects in New York. Additionally, she contributed to the design of the Convention Center square in Yokohama, Japan, and a school in Brooklyn. Finucci curated an exhibition on Ogden Codman for the inauguration of La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi in New York and initiated collaborations with the magazine ""Controspazio,"" providing correspondences from abroad.[7][8] In Paris, she focused on residential renovations, many of which were featured in books and magazines.[5][6][9]Upon returning to Rome in 2001, Finucci reopened her architecture studio, concentrating on residential construction projects, including both new builds and the restoration of ancient villas in Tuscany. She also served as a consultant for the Italian section of the UIA(Union Internationale des Architectes)and worked on numerous apartment renovation projects, both domestically and internationally, including in London and Paris. Throughout her career, Finucci has signed significant projects, including those for the new services at Fiumicino Airport, Aeroporti di Roma Group, ADR S.p.a. In 2008, she presented her office furniture line ""Aer"" at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. In 2009, her architectural works were exhibited at theCarousel du Louvrein Paris during the Salon Prestige, alongside the works of architect Stefania Stera.
### The Garbage Patch State project
Main article:Garbage Patch State In 2012, Finucci initiated a monumental contemporary art project called ""Wasteland"",[10]a transmedial artistic endeavor addressing the issue of vast expanses of plastic waste scattered in the oceans, commonly known as thePacific Trash Vortex. The foundational idea was to conceptualize these ""territories"" as a federal state, giving rise to the Garbage Patch State Project.[11] At UNESCO in Paris, Finucci declared the ""Garbage Patch State"" a sovereign state by planting the flag of the new state and delivering the inaugural speech on its installation.[12] She created the national pavilion of the Garbage Patch State in the courtyard of Ca' Foscari University during the Venice Biennale.[13] The Garbage Patch State made its appearance in Madrid during ARCO, with a public installation above Gran Via.[14] Finucci participated in the curatorial project ""Quirinale Contemporaneo"" with the work ""Help the Oceans."" ""Quirinale Contemporaneo"" at theQuirinale Palace, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic.[25] 9788863222050 978-88-6322-289-0
* On February 15, 2019, Finucci received an honor from the Italian Republic for her commitment in her artistic work dedicated to the environment.
* Richmond, Ben (12 April 2013).""Welcome to Garbage Patch State, Where Plastic Rules""._Vice_. Retrieved6 October2017.
* Amadasi, Barbara (2 November 2016).""The Garbage State""._Vogue_. Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2017. Retrieved6 October2017.
* Finucci, Maria Cristina (1981)._L'influenza del viaggio in Italia sulla formazione del linguaggio archittonico di Charles Rennie Mackintosh_(in Italian). University of Florence thesis.
* Finucci, Maria Cristina (2008)._Sculture da lavoro_(US Workplace-contract-management n.2 ed.). Upper, Aer design. pp.56–61.
* Finucci, Maria Cristina (1997). ""Renzo Piano per l'Atelier Brancusi""._Controspazio_.**2**.
* Finucci, Maria Cristina (2000). ""Nel cuore del tempo. Intervista a Giancarlo Barbato""._Controspazio_.**1**.
* ""The Garbage Patch State""._www.garbagepatchstate.org_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Dichiarazione all'Unesco del The Garbage Patch State""._www.garbagepatchstate.org_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""GARBAGE PATCH STATE. MARIA CRISTINA FINUCCI, WASTELAND""._Arte.it_.
* ""Arte:lo 'Stato dei rifiuti' di Finucci sbarca ad Arco Madrid - Italia - ANSAMed.it""._www.ansa.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""New York – Lo 'Stato di plastica' della Finucci (in translation) – Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale""._www.esteri.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Embassy | MAXXI""._www.maxxi.art_. 6 January 2012. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Bluemedsaurus: la nuova creazione del garbage patch state""._VeneziaToday_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Arte a Parigi per Cop 21. Ecco le immagini dell'installazione di Maria Cristina Finucci a Palazzo Potocki: un serpente di plastica contro il Garbage Patch | Artribune""(in Italian). 9 December 2015. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Il grido della Terra al Fuorisalone con Maria Cristina Finucci""._www.ilfoglio.it_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""opening > What about the 8%? Site-specific art by Maria Cristina Finucci – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles""._iiclosangeles.esteri.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* Lempi, Veronica (11 April 2023).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
* Vimeo | Maria Cristina Finucci - Vimeo
* The Garbage Patch State
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Architect and artist, Maria Cristina Finucci has lived and worked in Moscow, New York, Paris, Brussels and Rome, before settling in Madrid. During her career as an architect, the works she produced in different countries have been published in various magazines and books. She also collaborated as a foreign correspondent to the architecture journal Controspazio. Her artistic research, started at a very young age, has encompassed painting, sculpture, architecture, design, video art, and film post-production (object of a personal exhibition at the Lu.C.C.A Museum in 2011). These experiences eventually came to be synthetized in a transmedia work currently embodied in the series Wasteland.
This work, which comprises all the actions connected to the Garbage Patch State – which she founded herself – worldwide, not only carries out an ethical and environmental commitment, but also outlines an innovative art form, in tune with current developments. Wasteland started its journey at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO, then moved to Venice, Madrid (ARCO), New York City (United Nations Headquarters), and the Fondazione Bracco in Milan for EXPO 2015.
In 2014, Maria Cristina Finucci was awarded the “Golden Apple” of the 26th edition of the Marisa Bellisario Prize, as well as the award ""Civiltà dell'Acqua"".
Manager with more of 25 years in national and multinational Companies, she starts with The Garbage Patch a new managerial experience focus on ethics and love for our planet.
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An architect and artist, from a very young age she has embraced and experimented with various forms of expression, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, design, video art and film post-production. Her ongoing project, Wasteland, takes the form of a constellation of installations and actions throughout the world, aimed at drawing a map of clues that provocatively suggest the existence of a “nation of garbage.” This led to the creation of a new state, the Garbage Patch State, which took place in 2013 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris: in doing so, Finucci wants to provide a concrete image of the environmental disaster caused by plastic waste in the ocean. Her numerous monumental installations include: The Garbage Patch State Pavilion in the context of the Art Biennale, Venice, 2013; The Embassy at Museo MAXXI, Rome, 2014; The Vortex, Fondazione Bracco, Milan EXPO, 2015; Climatesaurus, COP 21, Paris, 2015; Help the Ocean, Roman Forum, Basilica Giulia, 2018, What About the 8%?, IIC, Los Angeles, 2022; H2o, Fuorisalone, Milan, 2023. In 2018, as Head of State, Finucci “signed” the UN Agenda 2030 resolution on sustainable development. Her work has received numerous awards and has been exhibited in national and international museums and institutions. In February 2019, she was named Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 2022 she founded the Finucci Foundation, a non-profit organization that uses art to raise collective awareness of ocean pollution, the destruction of the planet, and social inequality.
The work is part of the Wasteland cycle, started by the artist in 2012 and still ongoing. Wasteland is a transmedia work that uses various means of expression in synergy in order to build the image of a sovereign nation, the Garbage Patch State. Along with the installations that have been presented throughout the world, Finucci has produced smaller works, often using material recovered from her monumental works. The triptych The Artificial Colors of the Ocean was made using red netting from the installation The Age of Plastic (Isola di Mozia, Sicily, 2016). The bottle caps also came from the same work, but they were wrapped in aluminum foil of various colors to create different shades and obtain luster. Among the multiple interpretations of Finucci’s work, the one that refers to “reuse” is the most immediate; as a matter of fact, the artist never relies on waste material in her work, but she often uses recycled plastic caps as the symbol of the positive attitude of the many people who have virtuously set them aside to give them a new life. (Fondazione Finucci)
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The aim of the work is to better inform the public about the existence of vast assemblages of plastic material in the oceans, called Garbage Patch – one of the most serious phenomena of environmental pollution yet sadly overlooked, precisely because of its lack of iconic identification.
Wasteland was conceived by Maria Cristina Finucci, to create that tangible image which the Garbage Patch was lacking, so as to better convey its existence. I therefore created a plausible semantic apparatus consisting of a flag, a birth registry, a mythology, a web portal, etc., without neglecting more trivial elements such as postcards. It is therefore a fiction, but structured in such a way as to uncover a reality that would otherwise remain hidden.
The name Wasteland clearly refers to the poem by T.S.Eliot, and it is no coincidence if the State was founded in April, “the cruellest month”.
Maria Cristina Finucci
_Thus, only an art driven by ethics and poeticized political action can anticipate our decoding of the new global context. In this respect, Maria Cristina Finucci’s Wasteland opens up a new perspective by creating the simulacrum of a Nation, namely the Garbage Patch State. Its very condition of being a simulacrum changes the traditional historical process through the diegesis of a current problem._
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Garbage Patch State | Maria Cristina Finucci _**The Garbage Patch State – Wasteland**_ is an ongoingtransmedia,environmental artworkbyMaria Cristina Finucci. The project aims to raise awareness about theenvironmental hazardof theGreat Pacific Garbage Patchcaused by the dispersion ofplastic debris in the oceans. Installations, performances, and videos have been carried out under the patronage ofUNESCO[1]and the Italian Ministry of the Environment.[2] On April 11, 2013, in the ""Salle des pas perdus"" of theUNESCOheadquarters inParis, the first presentation of The Garbage Patch State took place with the display of a large scaleinstallationandperformanceartwork.[7]Hundreds of transparent plastic bags, each filled with water and a multitude of brightly colored plastic caps, were created. These bags were meant to be small reproductions of the ""islands"" present inThe Garbage Patch. Viewers who were present at this exhibition not only felt as if they were standing in front of the Garbage Patch State, but could also see their own reflection in the mirror, becoming themselves protagonists in thepiece. In the presence ofUNESCO's Director-GeneralIrina Bokova, of the Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Italy before UNESCO Maurizio Serra, and of UNESCO's Director for Culture Francesco Bandarin, as well as the public, Cristina Finucci pronounced a speech for theinauguration of the Garbage Patch State. During theVenice Biennale2013, the Garbage Patch State, like the majority of other states, has had its own pavilion in the yard of the Ca' Foscari University. Thousands of colored plastic cups climb over the walls surrounding the ancient building as if they are going to reach the lagoon.[8] In 2014, the Garbage Patch State went to Madrid for ARCO, the international art fair, with a public installation on Gran Vía. This work consists of a ""sheet"" made out of plastic bottles containing flower sprouts, that at night lighten with camera's flashes.[9] From September to October 2014 the Garbage Patch State is hosted in theUN Secretariatof New York, place symbolizing peace, cooperation and development of all countries of the world.[10] Crawling through the masses of wastes of the world, the plastic snake reached Paris to show itself to the heads of states present for the Climate Conference COP 21. In June 2018, for the World Oceans Day, Maria Cristina Finucci launches her lates work in a very special location. A new HELP appears in theRoman Forum, as a sign of alarm to the millions of tourists that visit the famous archeological place.[14] In April 2019, during theMilanDesign Week FuoriSalone, the installation HELP has been exhibited in the courtyard of Milan State University as part of INTERNI Magazine's ""Re-evolution"" exhibition. In the main courtyard of the University, the writing ""HELP"" had a luminous effect that made it appear to be glowing like lava.[15]
* Source: UNESCO Office in Venice (2013-04-11).""The garbage patch territory turns into a new state | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization""._Unesco.org_. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Venice - Ca' Foscari""._Unive.it_. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""Rifiuti Diventano Stato, Unesco Riconosce 'Garbage Patch' | Siti - Patrimonio Italiano Unesco"". Archived fromthe originalon November 3, 2014. RetrievedNovember 3,2014.
* ""The Garbage Patch State - Ca' Foscari""._Unive.it_. 2013-05-24. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-30. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""THE GARBAGE PATCH STATE - MADRID | IED Istituto Europeo di Design""._Ied.edu_. 2014-02-26. Archived fromthe originalon July 14, 2014. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Embassy | MAXXI"". Archived fromthe originalon October 28, 2014. RetrievedNovember 3,2014.
* ""The garbage patch territory turns into a new state | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization""._www.unesco.org_. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""The Garbage Patch State: Ca' Foscari sostenibile""._www.unive.it_. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""THE GARBAGE PATCH STATE - MADRID"". Feb 26, 2014. Archived fromthe originalon June 16, 2018. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ^Jump up to:""The Garbage Patch State Embassy"". Jan 6, 2012. RetrievedJun 10,2019.
* ""Il grido della Terra al Fuorisalone con Maria Cristina Finucci""._Il Sole 24 ORE_(in Italian). 2019-04-09. Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Santoro, Barbara (2022-11-07).""La Presidente dello Stato dei rifiuti: intervista a Maria Cristina Finucci""._exibart.com_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* ""opening > What about the 8%? Site-specific art by Maria Cristina Finucci – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles""._iiclosangeles.esteri.it_. Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Lempi, Veronica (2023-04-11).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* Lempi, Veronica (2023-04-11).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved2023-10-05.
* ""Università degli Studi Roma Tre > - The Garbage patch State con i tappi di Roma Tre a Venezia""._Uniroma3.it_. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* ""La artista Maria Cristina Finucci presenta ""The Garbage Patch State - Madrid | Comunicados | Edición América | Agencia EFE""._Efe.com_. 2014-02-17. Retrieved2016-06-21.
* The Garbage Patch State official website[‍]
* The Garbage Patch State at unesco.org
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Garbage Patch State **Maria Cristina Finucci**(Italian pronunciation:[maˈriːakriˈstiːnafiˈnuttʃi]; born 1956) is an artist, architect and designer based inRome.[1]She is the founder of theGarbage Patch State.[2][3] Maria Cristina Finucci is an Italian architect and artist, born in 1956. She earned her degree in architecture in 1981 from the University of Florence,[]where she completed her thesis on Charles Rennie Mackintosh.[4]Renowned for founding the Garbage Patch State in 2013, Finucci's architectural works in various countries have been featured in magazines and books.[5][6]She has also contributed international correspondences to the magazine Controspazio.[7][8] Finucci has lived and worked in Moscow, New York, Paris, Brussels, Madrid, and currently resides in Rome.[] After obtaining her degree and professional qualification, Maria Cristina Finucci left Italy to accompany her husband, due to his diplomatic career. During her years abroad, she collaborated with various professionals and worked on a series of residential and commercial projects in New York. Additionally, she contributed to the design of the Convention Center square in Yokohama, Japan, and a school in Brooklyn. Finucci curated an exhibition on Ogden Codman for the inauguration of La Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi in New York and initiated collaborations with the magazine ""Controspazio,"" providing correspondences from abroad.[7][8] In Paris, she focused on residential renovations, many of which were featured in books and magazines.[5][6][9]Upon returning to Rome in 2001, Finucci reopened her architecture studio, concentrating on residential construction projects, including both new builds and the restoration of ancient villas in Tuscany. She also served as a consultant for the Italian section of the UIA(Union Internationale des Architectes)and worked on numerous apartment renovation projects, both domestically and internationally, including in London and Paris. Throughout her career, Finucci has signed significant projects, including those for the new services at Fiumicino Airport, Aeroporti di Roma Group, ADR S.p.a. In 2008, she presented her office furniture line ""Aer"" at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. In 2009, her architectural works were exhibited at theCarousel du Louvrein Paris during the Salon Prestige, alongside the works of architect Stefania Stera.
### The Garbage Patch State project
Main article:Garbage Patch State In 2012, Finucci initiated a monumental contemporary art project called ""Wasteland"",[10]a transmedial artistic endeavor addressing the issue of vast expanses of plastic waste scattered in the oceans, commonly known as thePacific Trash Vortex. The foundational idea was to conceptualize these ""territories"" as a federal state, giving rise to the Garbage Patch State Project.[11] At UNESCO in Paris, Finucci declared the ""Garbage Patch State"" a sovereign state by planting the flag of the new state and delivering the inaugural speech on its installation.[12] She created the national pavilion of the Garbage Patch State in the courtyard of Ca' Foscari University during the Venice Biennale.[13] The Garbage Patch State made its appearance in Madrid during ARCO, with a public installation above Gran Via.[14] Finucci participated in the curatorial project ""Quirinale Contemporaneo"" with the work ""Help the Oceans."" ""Quirinale Contemporaneo"" at theQuirinale Palace, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic.[25] 9788863222050 978-88-6322-289-0
* On February 15, 2019, Finucci received an honor from the Italian Republic for her commitment in her artistic work dedicated to the environment.
* Richmond, Ben (12 April 2013).""Welcome to Garbage Patch State, Where Plastic Rules""._Vice_. Retrieved6 October2017.
* Amadasi, Barbara (2 November 2016).""The Garbage State""._Vogue_. Archived fromthe originalon 6 October 2017. Retrieved6 October2017.
* Finucci, Maria Cristina (1981)._L'influenza del viaggio in Italia sulla formazione del linguaggio archittonico di Charles Rennie Mackintosh_(in Italian). University of Florence thesis.
* ^Jump up to:Finucci, Maria Cristina (2008)._Sculture da lavoro_(US Workplace-contract-management n.2 ed.). Upper, Aer design. pp.56–61.
* ^Jump up to:Finucci, Maria Cristina (1997). ""Renzo Piano per l'Atelier Brancusi""._Controspazio_.**2**.
* ^Jump up to:Finucci, Maria Cristina (2000). ""Nel cuore del tempo. Intervista a Giancarlo Barbato""._Controspazio_.**1**.
* ""The Garbage Patch State""._www.garbagepatchstate.org_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Dichiarazione all'Unesco del The Garbage Patch State""._www.garbagepatchstate.org_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""GARBAGE PATCH STATE. MARIA CRISTINA FINUCCI, WASTELAND""._Arte.it_.
* ""Arte:lo 'Stato dei rifiuti' di Finucci sbarca ad Arco Madrid - Italia - ANSAMed.it""._www.ansa.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""New York – Lo 'Stato di plastica' della Finucci (in translation) – Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale""._www.esteri.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""The Garbage Patch State Embassy | MAXXI""._www.maxxi.art_. 6 January 2012. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Bluemedsaurus: la nuova creazione del garbage patch state""._VeneziaToday_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Arte a Parigi per Cop 21. Ecco le immagini dell'installazione di Maria Cristina Finucci a Palazzo Potocki: un serpente di plastica contro il Garbage Patch | Artribune""(in Italian). 9 December 2015. Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""Il grido della Terra al Fuorisalone con Maria Cristina Finucci""._www.ilfoglio.it_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
* ""opening > What about the 8%? Site-specific art by Maria Cristina Finucci – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles""._iiclosangeles.esteri.it_. Retrieved16 November2023.
* Lempi, Veronica (11 April 2023).""Maria Cristina Finucci con Urban Up | Unipol: H2o Help""._Interni Magazine_(in Italian). Retrieved16 November2023.
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