The Garbage Patch State project In 2012, Finucci initiated a monumental contemporary art project called "Wasteland", a transmedial artistic endeavor addressing the issue of vast expanses of plastic waste scattered in the oceans, commonly known as the
Pacific Trash Vortex. The foundational idea was to conceptualize these "territories" as a federal state, giving rise to the Garbage Patch State Project. 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. She created the national pavilion of the Garbage Patch State in the courtyard of Ca' Foscari University during the Venice Biennale. The Garbage Patch State made its appearance in Madrid during ARCO, with a public installation above Gran Via. It appeared at the United Nations
Glass Palace with an installation including a serpent made of plastic caps stretching across the building's façade to the main atrium. In the
MAXXI Museum square, the installation "Onda," 30 meters long, was presented in 2015, composed of plastic flakes, allowing people to emerge or enter to discover a world of colorful and ironic plastic. Also in 2015, the work 'Vortex,' standing at 9 meters, was located in the spaces of the historic industrial area of Bracco in Milan. This installation symbolizes the energy and destructive potential of plastic. During the 2015 Bluemed Conference at the Aquae Venice Pavilion, a mysterious creature called Bluemedsaurus came to life. This enigmatic being, formed from scattered marine plastic, moved along the walls of the High-Level Conference Bluemed room. After the Bluemed event in Venice, "Climatesaurus" emerged as a mysterious figure. It crossed a staircase in the Hotel Potocki in Paris during the
COP 21 climate conference and was commissioned by the New York Times International. In 2016 the luminous work 'Help, The Plastic Age' was exhibited on the island of Mozia (Trapani), rich in Phoenician history. This installation formed the word 'HELP' with large three-dimensional letters in a square area in the archaeological area of the island. In 2018 another monumental installation 'Help' in the Roman Forum was promoted by the Colosseum Archaeological Park. This work, located on the nets of the Basilica Julia in the heart of the Roman Forum, projected its light at night, creating a suggestive 'HELP' against the backdrop of the ruins of the Basilica Julia, in the heart of this ancient site. The installation "HELP" returned to the courtyard of the University of Milan during Milan Design Week - FuoriSalone 2019, as part of the exhibition of the magazine
INTERNI. In the university's courtyard, the inscription "HELP" had a luminous effect that made it appear incandescent like lava. The fluorescent installation "What about the 8%?", created for the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, raises the question of detergent pollution in the oceans. Designed for the courtyard of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, this work simulates the water's surface, where dissolved detergents are vividly transformed by chemical reagents, creating an unnatural fluorescent effect. In darkness, the detergent film of the ocean calls for help through the graffiti inscription "HELP." During FuoriSalone 2023, the artist presented the installation "H2o Help", consisting of soft water tanks connected by tubes as if they were blood vessels, all connected to a "breathing machine." The work extended for over 70 meters in front of the Unipol building on Via De Castilla, which, on the occasion, displayed the H2o inscription on the façade through a complex lighting system. This new work addresses the water emergency and was part of the exhibition "design re-evolution" by the magazine INTERNI. == Permanent collections ==