TRACYFISH

Expended Land examines industrialization in Northern Nevada's desert, focusing on the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) on both a macro and micro level. On this expansive 107,000 acres in the arid Great Basin of Storey County, TRIC, the world's largest industrial park, raises concerns about governance and sustainable growth while supporting regional economies.

TRIC is built on historically Indigenous lands that were taken, rebuilt, and transformed following the mining boom of the American West and funded in part by a history of exploitation of women at the World-Famous Mustang Ranch that is still located on this property. 

From its former agricultural lands, brothels, and drilling to its new uncertain urban future, it is now the site of this global technopole to more than 150 factories, warehouses, fulfillment, and data centers such as Google, Tesla Motors, Walmart, Blockchains, and Switch.

Expended Land questions the environmental, social, and economic expendability at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.

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Tracy Fish is engaged in interdisciplinary field research with Scott Hinton (Photographer and Researcher), Kerry Rohrmeier, Ph.D. (Urban Geographer), and Jan English-Lueck, Ph.D. (Cultural Anthropologist).

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Storey County, Nevada, and Washoe County, Nevada, are on the ancestral lands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Wašišiw (Washoe), and Numu (Northern Paiute) peoples. These lands remain a gathering place for indigenous peoples, and we recognize their deep connections to this geography.

We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on their territory.