Breathing Bags are plastic bags with rubbish found on the streets, which inflate and explode with breathing movements and sounds. One-way plastic bags are so ubiquitous in the street scene that we no longer even notice them. By watching them explode, we become aware of how much plastic is flying around and how microplastic particles pollute our air.
The short film is a hybrid mix of digital and analogue animation, and shows some street scenes in Berlin, while the Breathing Bags explode. A single paper bag comes to life and transforms into a scene full of surprises. A glimmer of hope for our world.

Breathing Bags is part of the Anthropocene Project in the New Museum of Networked Art

Other screenings and selections:
• July 27 – August 23, 2024: The Summer of Anthropocene – The summer of solidarity, curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne / The New Museum of Networked Art.
• July 19 – August 16, 2024: Qlimate Qronobot. AI and the Future of Our Planet. Solo exhibition by Maria Korporal in GG3 / Group Global 3000, Berlin.
• June 1-21, 2024: Is anybody in?, screening program of Video Art Miden at the Open-Air Water Power Museum in Dimitsana, Greece.
• October 23, 2023: Festival Film Bahari 2023 “Shifting Tides – Navigating Climate Change”, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
• August 14, 2023: The Short Nights of Berlin, Kino Central, Berlin.
• June 24-25, 2023: Re:Think GAIA Festival, Video Art Miden screening with Re:Think Project at FarmaFifaPermaculture, Iroon Politechniou, Kalamata, Greece.
• June 9, 2023: Magmart XIII Edition, screening of the 33 videos selected by the jury, CAM | Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy.
• from April 5, 2023: 24vids x Ibrida #19. Maria Korporal, Breathing Bags, on exibart.tv.
• April 1-30, 2023: Magmart XIII Edition, final selection, Magmart International Video Art Festival / CAM | Casoria Contemporary Art Museum & online, Italy.
• December 15-21, 2021: Cineaste International Film Festival of India (CIFFI), Noida, Delhi NCR, India.
• November 5-27, 2021: FONLAD Festival internacional de video arte e performance, Coimbra (PT) and online.
• June 18-20, 2021: 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin.