The video essay THE FOLLOWING QUIET IS BROKEN BY CHEERING FROM THE CROWDS, THE BIRDS FLEEING TO THE SKY AND HUGE CLOUDS OF DUST WAFTING SLOWLY AWAY is inspired by the radioactive ‚clean-up‘ site's history at the Idaho National Laboratory (US). The INL was established in 1949 and covers 890 square miles of Idaho's Arco Desert. It is one of a complex of sites around the US that work with nuclear weapons, power, and waste for the US government. The site was build above the Snake River Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water for c. 300,000 Idahoans. Sixty years of intentional and careless activities at INL have contaminated the Snake River Aquifer, and the Site was named to the Superfund list of the country's most polluted places in 1989.
This work was realized after the invitation to the 4th annual exhibition Holding What Can’t be Held in collaboration with the Snake River Alliance, an environmental organization and driving force in the effort to clean up the waste at INL since the 70's. 
The video-essay was produced after one year research in archives and two site-specific visits in the Arco's Desert Area.