Interactive Exhibition

2015 -2025 KraalD Curated Works

16 June – 10 July 2025 Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University

We live in an era of plastic debris. From an individual perspective, it is challenging to perceive the extent of plastic pollution due to its proximity, planetary entanglement, and the multiplicities of scale.

Dr. Katarina Dimitrijevic, also known as KraalD, is set to unveil her solo exhibition, showcasing an interdisciplinary curated collection of maintenance art and design for reuse. The exhibition aims to challenge perceptions of plastic waste and inspire positive dialogue with materials. The exhibition is dedicated to my late mother.

WHEN: 16 June – 10 July 2025 Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

Curated installations narrate the social and material transformation of plastic waste. A novel, aesthetically positive waste design language supports change in material values and disposal rituals through maintenance art and hands-on reuse tactics with single-use plastic packaging. Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic’s research is situated in practice, drawing on interdisciplinary art-design, discard studies, feminist materiality, and environmental science. Through speculative design with plastic waste agency, KraalDesignedisposal (KraalD), UK-based praxis, intervenes to build positive relations with plastic waste, visualising plastic pollution and entanglement of mismanaged plastic waste in nature. KraalD’s hands-on exploration of designing with plastic waste revolves around ‘Designedisposal’ aesthetics and ‘Designtransposal’ vocabulary, promoting the reuse of single-use plastics. Plastic Waste Ecologies promotes waste and environmental awareness, generating concepts and future(s) that convey new materiality perspectives and egalitarian planetary worldviews.

The exhibition is open to all visitors, inviting them to co-design and contribute to the interactive exhibit.

KraalD 2020-2025, Material Entanglement/Beach Wrack. Reused plastic off-cuts, bottles and cable ties.

KraalD 2015. MuMu, CityselfAnima collection, Reused plastic bottles and bottle tops, LED lighting.