Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market design fiction referred to as mergelgroeven (marl

referred to as mergelgroeven (marl quarries)

and law in the pursuit of justice and accountability

researcher Design 2003–2004

Since the 1990s

he has participated in exhibitions including Time of Others at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2015

Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market design fiction referred to as mergelgroeven (marlThis expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti colonial rebellion; contemporary finance and US dollar hegemony; debt and