Tara Donovan Transforms Plastic Cups Into A Geomorphic Sculpture

Here, ‘Untitled (Plastic Cups)’ is photographed at Jupiter Artland, a sculptural garden and art gallery close to Edinburgh. The piece is comprised of over 500,000 drinking cups, methodically prepared in a formula of varying stacked heights, presenting the appearance of flowing water or a cloud formation as viewed from above. Donovan’s repetitive assembly of a singular mass-produced material into a new visceral form questions our perceptions of its transience. An easily disregarded commonplace item now presents itself in a geomorphic arena.