This video features in a responsive display in the museum that presents the moments, stories and memes capturing the zeitgeist by going viral on the internet.
In horrific scenes that seemed more like footage from an action movie than the real world, the ocean was literally on fire on 3 July 2021 in the Gulf of Mexico. The huge fireball blazing across the sea surface was caused by a gas leak from an underwater pipeline, which social media users dubbed ‘the eye of fire’. The video was shared across the internet as further evidence of the environmental tolls of capitalism and the irresponsibility of fossil fuel companies plundering natural resources and producing unnatural results.
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Collection
Not in ACMI's collection
Previously on display
27 October 2021
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
186619
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-09. Catch of the Day
Object Types
Moving image file/Digital
Materials
Digital screen recording from @MLopezSanMartin’s Twitter