‘Wasteland’ by Danling Xiao (Reco)

‘Wasteland’ a work by artist Danling Xio from Reco was inspired by a conservation experiment in the 1990s. 12,000 tonnes of orange peels were dumped on barren land in Costa Rica in the 1990s. 16 years later, researchers discovered the site had become a lush, vine-laden forest.

Creative director Danling Xiao thought it was an incredible example of how ‘waste’ can be a powerful resource.

Comprised of suspended orange spheres made from orange peel powder and 120 kilograms of debris fished from the Great Barrier Reef, the Wasteland Renewed installation reconfigures artist Danling Xiao’s Wasteland artwork to deliver a message of environmental sustainability.