Intermodal
/Cruse’s video essay combines sourced and computer generated material in order to examine the shipping container within a global and capitalist framework. In what way is a shipping container, a ubiquitous and nondescript object used in the transfer of consumer goods, also an integral part of shadow capital, insourcing and outsourcing, as well a receptacle and conduit of information? Cruse takes a closer at these questions and more in her video essay below.
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