Christien Meindertsma - Bottom Ash Observatory culture & society I read and smoke a

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struggle every day under precarious work conditions

Boxes like these are everywhere

the aesthetic placement of a plant in the museum made a statement

Christien Meindertsma - Bottom Ash Observatory culture & society I read and smoke aFollowing a tour through the largest and most energy efficient waste to energy plant in the world, Dutch artist and designer Christien Meindertsma became intrigued with the dark residue leftover by the process of incinerating municipal solid waste. Using a 25 kilo sample of raw bottom ash, as it is called, she demonstrates the rich properties and versatility of this resource by successfully gleaning numerous materials from it by hand among them