PA 61 (Destroyed) Marginalia, 2018 (Installation View, Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, Carnegie Mellon University) from audio cell record Watch Video
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Description: Three hours due west from New York City sits Centralia, Pennsylvania. The story of this eastern ghost town’s demise has become mildly legendary: in 1962 burning trash ignited a vein of anthracite coal, starting an underground fire that burns to this day, forcing the town’s depopulation. Visiting has become a pilgrimage of sorts for history buffs, ruin-porn vloggers, post-apocalyptic fantasists and those in search of tame weekend rebellion. However, as the iconic smoke emanating from the grou