This gallery features the work of the three artists personally invited to participate in the Art of Energy Exhibition in February of 2021: Ed Kashi, Brook Peterson and Owen Logan. Our featured artists also gave interviews about their work. Find them on Youtube by following these links: Brook Peterson, Ed Kashi, and Owen Logan.
The Impact of Oil in the Niger Delta by Ed Kashi
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In the oil town of Afiesere, in the Warri North district of the Niger Delta, local Urohobo people bake "krokpo-garri," or tapioca, in the heat of a gas flare. Since 1961, when the Shell Petroleum Development Company first opened this flow station, residents of the local community have worked in this way. Life span is short for these people, as pollutants from the flare cause serious health problems.
