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Where does something go when you throw it away? To the dump, of course.

The Dump Show is a collaboration with, and an homage to, the Recology Artist in Residence Program. It’s also an acknowledgement and celebration of the legacy of artists in the Bay Area working with found materials. Assembling 20 artists who have participated in the Recology program, we explore the transformational methodologies and idiosyncratic materials of artists working with the things we cast off. The San Francisco dump, run by Recology, is a transfer station where stuff discarded by San Franciscans gets sorted …