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Machine City Stadium
Joel Tremblay
Machine City Stadium
Joel Tremblay

Known as the deepest hand excavated hole in the world, the former Kimberley Mine in South Africa is now home to the Machine City Stadium. From July 1871 to 1914 up to 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels. Since 1914, the mine sits in idle, abandoned and remains an open wound waiting to be mended. The project comments on the ridiculousness and destructive nature of the mineral extraction process and brings to light the absurd scale and effect these industrial processes pose. A reflection on how large corporations have allowed human life to become expendable and exploitable.