Silent Imprint is an extension of First 100 Days, continuing an inquiry into personal waste. Using AirTags, this project tracks different types of daily waste, revealing their unseen journeys—where they go, how far they travel, and what traces they leave behind. By visualizing these movements, Silent Imprint sheds light on the afterlife of discarded objects, questioning our relationship with waste and its systemic flow through urban and ecological landscapes.
Waste01_Banana was initially discarded in a trash bin at the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin on January 4, 2025, at 10:00. The latest update, as of January 4, 2025, at 20:03, indicates its location remains at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany.
Waste02_PaperBox was initially disposed of in a wastepaper container on Holstraat in Eindhoven on January 24, 2025, at 11:00. The latest update, as of January 27, 2025, at 07:00, indicates its location remains on Holstraat, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Waste03_CoffeeCup was initially discarded in a trash bin on the train from Eindhoven to Venlo on January 26, 2025, at 09:00. Over the first 12 hours, it traveled across the Netherlands. It then remained at Kaldenkerkerweg in Venlo for 17 days. As of the latest update on February 12, 2025, at 11:23, its location is recorded somewhere in Ampèrestraat, Venlo, the Netherlands.
Waste04_Bag was initially discarded in a textile waste bin at Willaertplein, Eindhoven, on January 29, 2025, at 18:00. By February 6, 2025, at 11:00, it was tracked to Rheastraat, Tilburg, where it remained until February 17. Shortly after, it moved briefly to Vloeiveldweg. The latest update, recorded on February 18, 2025, at 01:34, indicates its transfer to Attero’s waste-to-energy station in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, where the facility converts household and similar commercial waste from the Netherlands, England, and Ireland into energy annually.
Waste05_BurgerBox was initially discarded in a trash bin at McDonald’s, Duisburg Hbf, on January 31, 2025, at 15:30. It remained at McDonald’s for the first seven days. The latest update, as of February 10, 2025, at 00:58, indicates its location at EGK disposal company (Parkstraße 240, 47829 Krefeld, Germany).
Waste06_SandwichBox was first discarded in a paper trash bin at Utrecht Central Station, on Feburary 14, 2025, at 10:39. Its location remaied at the station until February 19. As of the latest update on Feburary 19, 2025, at 10:44, its location changed into Kras Recycling (Kajuitweg 2, 1041AR) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Waste07_PlasticsBottle was initially placed in a return machine at Supermarket Jumbo (De Coöperatie, 7514JK) in Enschede on February 14, 2025, at 12:17. It stayed in the same area until February 17, 2025, at 15:50, before being transferred to the Jumbo Distribution Center. As of the latest update on February 20, 2025, at 09:55, its location remained at Jumbo Beilen Distributiecentrum (Kanaalweg 15, 9411KB) in Beilen, the Netherlands.
Waste08_Backpack was initially discarded in a textile waste bin at Lage Bothofstraat in Enschede on February 14, 2025, at 12:24. Within two hours, it was transferred to Enschede Textielstad (Lonnekerbrugstraat 99, 7574AK) and remaied until February 18. As of the latest update on February 18 at 10:00, its location changed into Twence — a (eur)regional waste and energy company in Enschede, the Netherlands.
Waste09_ McDonald’sTakeawayBag was initially discarded in a trash bin at McDonald’s, Schuttersveld, Enschede, on Feburary 27, 2025, at 09:35. The latest update, as of February 28, 2025, at 07:58, indicates it has remained at the same location.
Waste10_RedHoodie was initially discarded in a textile waste bin at Willaertplein, Eindhoven, on April 22, 2025, at 08:58. By April 28 at 21:27, it had been tracked to Boschdijk, Eindhoven, where it remained until May 1 at 13:15, before being moved to Rheastraat 18, Tilburg. It remained at that location until the update on July 9, 2025, at 15:39, which showed it had traveled to Ksar El Majaz in Morocco—a small town and rural commune near the Mediterranean coast. The latest recorded location, at 09:48 on July 15, placed it in Tangier, Morocco.
Waste11_PaperCup was first discarded in a trash bin aboard Eurostar train no. 9338, traveling from Brussels-Zuid to Paris Nord. Its initial location update appeared on July 9, 2025, at 14:06, near 6 Rue de Tombouctou, Paris. Later that day, at 15:57, it was tracked to 39 Rue des Poissonniers, where it stayed overnight. In the early hours of July 10, at 05:44, the item was relocated to the Cemetery Saint-Ouen in Paris.
Waste12_TissuePaper was initially discarded in a paper waste bin inside the Pompidou Museum on July 11, 2025, at 14:35. It remained at that location until July 16 at 06:32, when it was transported to Créteil Incinération Énergie (CIE) EMERAUDE—a waste incineration facility located in Créteil, France.
Waste13_PaperBottle was first discarded in a paper waste bin inside the Stedelijk Museum on August 15, 2025, at 13:05. It only remained the update until 13:43 on the same day.
Waste14_CookiePaperPackage was first discarded in a paper waste bin near the crossing on Ludwig-Erhard-Allee in Düsseldorf, Germany, on August 22, 2025, at 17:43. On August 26 at 12:58, it was tracked to Karl-Hohmann-Straße. The latest update, recorded on August 27 at 08:17, placed it on Budericher Straße in Neuss, Germany—the site of MM Neuss, a leading global producer of consumer packaging specializing in cartonboard packaging, folding boxes, kraft papers, and sustainable solutions.
Waste15_Shirt was first discarded in a clothes recycling bin on Moskauer Straße in Düsseldorf, Germany, on August 24, 2025, at 08:40. It remained there until August 25 at 11:05, when it was tracked to Kaiserstraße. After a brief stop on Nürnberger Straße, on August 26 at 13:06, it was transported to Briedstraße in Düsseldorf, at the Remondis site, a German multinational specializing in recycling, water resource management, and industrial and municipal services. The latest update—recorded on September 4 at 20:07— was at Radès, a significant port city in Tunisia located southeast of the capital, Tunis.
Waste16_Toy was first discarded in a plastic bin on Moskauer Straße in Düsseldorf, Germany, on August 24, 2025, at 08:40. It remained there until August 25 at 11:05, when it was tracked to Marien Hospital. Later that day, it moved to Nunbchener Straße. On August 26 at 13:06, it was recorded on Briedstraße in Düsseldorf, at the Remondis site, a German multinational specializing in recycling, water resource management, and industrial and municipal services. After five days, on August 30 at 11:53, it was appeared at France’s leading port—Marseille Fos. Whereas its the latest update—recorded together with item15 on September 4 at 20:05—was at Radès, Tunis.