Extraction
Extraction is the political-ontological basis for the circulation of resources under neoliberal capitalism—and agents of such appropriation scarcely do enough to respect, heal, and replenish their sources. Companies inflict harm knowing that potential fines for environmental damage pale in comparison to the profits that can be gleaned. Things get spilled, air changes, the water tastes different, records are broken. People are pushed out, poisoned, left disoriented, sick, cheated. And the doom goes on, ripples out.
Maggie Flynn’s offers a substantial network of impacts, connecting entities and individuals in extractive industries and the art world. Years of research allow us to see connections between corporations, art institutions,
