Footnotes
Nicot & Tang is a “mocktion” house that is part of a larger multimedia project, Smoke Trails, that also includes 3D printed sculptures and a VR-generated video work to portray a quadrillionaire family dubbed the “Empire of Smoke (EoS 10^15).” Set in 2068, the EoS 10^15 is relocating into a remote bunker as the Earth has become increasingly uninhabitable through environmental degradation, widespread social unrest and ceaseless waves of global pandemics. Since their vast wealth derives from the seventeenth century Spice Wars and the tobacco trade, as well as their deep financial ties to the military industrial complex, the “mocktion” showcases family possessions reflecting their virulent capitalist heritage and consumption-driven lifestyle over generations. This project scrutinizes questionable wealth provenance and the development of the Capitalocene, our present geological epoch defined by the irrevocable impact capitalism and extractivism have on planetary health.
The objects in the prints and editions store do exist IRL and evolved from Smoke Trails.
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This virtual space is a work of fiction by Beatrice Glow. Any resemblance by a person or people described herein to a living character or characters is entirely coincidental. Certain historical events, people, institutions and objects appear but are either recreated in a fictional history or referenced here for the purposes of enhancing a fictional narrative.