Waste Land trails Brazilian artist Vik Muniz in his journey back to his hometown of Rio de Janeiro where he involves pickers of recyclable materials, called catadores, in an art project that re-creates classic works of art using the trash they pick for a living.

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Other Google Cultural Institute projects have included showcasing the Dead Sea Scrolls, presenting thousands of works of art online through the Art Project, and the digitization of the Yad Vashem Holocaust materials.

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