Eye of fire

Mexico, 03 JUL 2021

Film

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

creator

Manuel Lopez San Martin

Production places
Mexico
Production dates
03 JUL 2021

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

Collected

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