Cynthia Hooper|Home|Interdisciplinary Projects|The Balloon Track Project (2001)|Project Introduction

I organized and authored an interdisciplinary installation to examine a controversial brownfield in Eureka, California—using text and photographs, artifacts, and 3-dimensional models to examine this abandoned trainyard’s history, environmental condition, ecology, and sociology, among other features. The research for this project was organized into several particular themes—including Industry and Geology, Refuse Divestiture and Reclamation, Residents and Visitors, and Natural Wonders—and examines the site’s past and present condition from a variety of academic perspectives. This website features highlights from this project. (Most works are C-prints with accompanying text, 8"x12").

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