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The exhibition analyzes the fundamental role of oil in the development of contemporary society, finding points of synergy between technology, nature, and culture. In turn, generating doubts and reflections about the hidden forces that drive the world, what is lost as we advance technologically, and the ethical, political and environmental complexities that surround this raw material.
Oil, hidden and sheltered by the earth, requires an alignment of coincidences for its creation: specific subterranean pressures, decomposing organic matter and the patience of millions of years. This material, …