10/14/2026
If you’ve had the glorious opportunity to visit us, you may be familiar with this installation, appropriately named Trash Temple.
Trash Temple is an immersive space of worship constructed from collected recyclable items that may have otherwise ended up in a landfill.
“This installation is an apology letter to the earth,” says artist Corinne Loperfido. Trash temple is proof that even everyday waste is not wasted. Loperfido, traveling artist and founder of the feminist interactive arts group P***y Power House, collaborated with Damon Williams to create pieces made of bottle caps, CDs, coffee cans, single-use nail salon flip flops, and an assemblage of discarded Elmo dolls.
TV screens fill the walls, flat soda cans complete the ceiling, a tickle me Elmo pokes out from a frame, and ornate bottle caps form an intricate mosaic on the ground. The floor alone actually took five people to install over the course of two weeks, but that certainly beats the lifetime that this waste would otherwise spend in a landfill.
Next time you’re in Santa Fe, be sure to sit upon the throne of headboards and plastic bottle lids.