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 Moerdijk (Middenweg 34, 4782PM) in the Netherlands, where waste is incinerated to generate energy.
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 Parkstraße, 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), 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), 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 (Oude Hengelosedijk 20, 7574PB), Hengelo, 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.