Carbon Derrocacy, 2026

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Carbon Derrocacy examines the enduring influence of fossil-fuel systems on contemporary life. Through sculpture, installation, and moving image, the exhibition explores how extractive processes continue to shape global infrastructures, geopolitical relations, and modes of perception.

Working with industrial materials, algorithmic imagery, and constructed environments, the project traces the networks connecting natural resources, technological systems, and visual culture. Rather than framing extraction as distant or invisible, the exhibition reveals its continuous presence within the material and sensory conditions of the present.

The title builds on and distorts the title of Timothy Mitchell’s book Carbon Democracy, which examines the historical relationship between democratic systems and fossil-fuel infrastructures. By transforming “democracy” into “derrocacy,” the exhibition introduces a linguistic fracture that evokes political erosion, instability, and systemic decline. The invented term reflects a condition that feels increasingly difficult to define, situating the exhibition within broader questions surrounding ecological crisis, power, and governance.