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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening - Fossil Fuels: How Humans Commodified a Natural Resource
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception of Fossil Fuels: How Humans 
 Commodified a Natural Resource\, an art exhibition by 2024 UCSF Artist in 
 Residence Ruth Tabancay.\n\nThe reception will take place on the main floor 
 of the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library on the Parnassus Heights campus and will 
 include an introduction to the exhibition and a conversation with the 
 artist.\n\nThis thought-provoking exhibition examines the use of fossil 
 fuels and their impact on the natural world. Through documents from the 
 UCSF Industry Documents Library – including essays by CEOs of Big Oil 
 companies and representatives of the plastics industry\, federal legal 
 documents\, op-eds from print media\, and academic research – Tabancay 
 crafts a narrative that shows industry and economic practices that 
 negatively impact humans and the environment with climate change as the 
 backdrop.\n\nAs many know\, hospitals generate vast amounts of waste\, 
 especially plastic. This reality has been a driving force behind the work 
 featured in Tabancay's exhibition\, which has been created using discarded 
 plastic materials obtained from the UCSF medical center. The works reflect 
 the consequences of human reliance on plastic and its impact on Earth’s 
 native populations.\n\n\nThe Healthcare industry is the second-largest 
 waste generator in the US after the food industry\, producing more than 5 
 million tons of waste each year. Among them\, 85% of the waste is 
 non-infectious and ends up in landfills with only a small fraction being 
 recycled and repurposed .\n\nUCSF Sustainability website\n\n\nTabancay also 
 explored the UCSF Library’s physical archives as part of her residency. 
 As a UCSF School of Medicine graduate\, she has firsthand experience 
 observing and using modern medical instruments. She found the vintage 
 medical artifacts and their histories compelling\, incorporating them into 
 her research.\n\nThe exhibition opening is available to UCSF ID badge 
 holders\, and admission is FREE. Ruth's exhibit will be on display through 
 June 2026.\n\nUCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a 
 reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a 
 disability\, please contact Dylan Romero at dylan.romero@ucsf.edu as soon 
 as possible.\n\nQuestions?\n\nEmail dylan.romero@ucsf.edu if you have 
 questions about this event.\n\nImage credit: Ruth Tabancay (2025). Plastic 
 Reef: UCSF [Yarn\, discarded medical plastic from UCSF\, pins\, 
 polystyrene\, canvas\, 36" x 32" x 7”].
LOCATION:Living Room - Main Floor\, Parnassus
ORGANIZER;CN="UCSF Library Special Events":MAILTO:librarynews@ucsf.edu
CATEGORIES:Archives and Special Collections, Artist in Residence, Makers Lab, ZSFG
CONTACT;CN="UCSF Library Special Events":MAILTO:librarynews@ucsf.edu
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URL:https://calendars.library.ucsf.edu/calendar/events/fossilfuels
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