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This video portrait of my community’s largest collectively-constructed entity reveals the many compelling sights and sounds of this misunderstood yet eerily arresting site. The video features a reflective typological inventory of this site’s complex mechanical infrastructure and mysterious subterranean activities, and (with the support of the Gunk Foundation) was exhibited in a warehouse at the Cummings Road Landfill in Eureka CA, in 2004. Twice daily walking tours of the landfill by its manager accompanied the exhibition.

The Cummings Road Landfill Project (2004)

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View of the warehouse (video installation inside)

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Cynthia Hooper explains the project

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View of video installation (drainage infrastructure)

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View of video installation (leachate well)

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View of video installation (leachate well)

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View of video installation (methane)

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Landfill Tour

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The landfill manager explains the gas extraction system

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The landfill manager explains the methane flare

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The methane burns at a dramatic 1,500 degrees F!

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Video still: Pumping Gas

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Video still: Leachate Well

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Video still: Spouting Well

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Video still: Bubbling Methane

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Landfill View from a Distance

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