Monument to Extraction

The Albany Bulb is a vast pile of construction waste that extends a mile into San Francisco Bay. It is a good place to study the connections between extractive resources and our everyday lives. On this 1.5 mile walk across this giant unintentional monument to extraction, participants will take a journey through history that uses art, narrative, and augmented reality to link the rubble and slag underfoot to the industrial and social history of the East Bay and mining histories throughout California. You can take this multi-media tour outdoors at the Bulb, as well as explore its themes on this website.

This tour was created by students in the UC Berkeley Future Histories Lab in collaboration with Love the Bulb.  It is part of the global environmental art project Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss.

The Albany Bulb is located in Huichin, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people.