The visualization emphasizes the porosity of barriers we take for granted. Toxicity flows from factories to water, water to fish, and fish to humans, cycling through visibility and invisibility along the way. Contamination is alterately acknowledged, blamed, ignored, or denied depending on situational risks to markets and incomes.
This visualization emphasizes the slippage between the body and the landscape as toxicity can flow between the two. It underscores the porosity of barriers we take for granted. Contaminants flow from industry to water, from water to fish, from fish to humans, through cycles of visibility and invisibility. Contamination is alternately acknowledged, denied, or ignored depending on the risks posed to livelihoods and markets.