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anish kapoor and greenpeace flood liquid on shell\u2019s platform<\/h2>\n

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Anish Kapoor<\/a> and Greenpeace activists install the BUTCHERED on the active gas platform of Shell located 45 nautical miles off the Norfolk coast. A debut of an artwork on an active offshore fossil fuel platform, the installation represents and visualizes the <\/span>climate damage<\/a> caused by fossil fuel <\/span>extraction<\/a>, with the blood-like liquid symbolizing the environmental impact of oil and gas operations like Shell\u2019s. Anish Kapoor and Greenpeace\u2019s installation takes place during the fourth heatwave of summer 2025 in the UK, coinciding with the temperature records breaking across Europe, wildfires burning areas twice the size of Glasgow, and flash floods hitting communities in China and northern India. For the installation, seven Greenpeace climbers boarded the platform and scaled the structure to install a 12-meter by 8-meter canvas on one side.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The activists positioned a high-pressure hose 16 meters above sea level at the top of the canvas. The installation process involved pumping 1,000 liters of red liquid through the hose onto the canvas, and the liquid created a red stain across the fabric surface. It consists of seawater, beetroot powder, and non-toxic food-based pond dye, while the canvas uses standard fabric materials suitable for outdoor installation. The mounting system secures the canvas to the platform structure using industrial fastening hardware, and the hose system connects to pumping equipment that delivers the liquid at controlled pressure. Greenpeace says that Anish Kapoor specifically designed BUTCHERED for the installation on Shell\u2019s gas platform off the Norfolk coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

all images courtesy of Greenpeace | photos by Andrew McConnell<\/a><\/p>\n

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Construction of oil and gas fields generates carbon emissions<\/h2>\n

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Shell and other oil companies have caused over half of the world\u2019s climate damage, coming up with a total cost of 28 trillion dollars. A <\/span>study<\/a> from Dartmouth College found this information, which Greenpeace quoted in relation to <\/span>artist<\/a> Anish Kapoor\u2019s BUTCHERED on Shell\u2019s <\/span>oil<\/a> platform. The campaigning <\/span>organization<\/a> also says that Shell reported 54 billion GBP in profits over two years following the Ukraine invasion and that it paid 1.2 billion GBP in UK taxes during the same period, representing 2 percent of global earnings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The analysis estimates Shell\u2019s carbon pollution over 30 years caused 1.42 trillion USD in climate damage worldwide. In a <\/span>report<\/a> by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), a key player in the Dutch climate justice movement, the team writes that Shell owns or part-owns 1,196 oil and gas fields total, with 700 oil and gas fields that remain undeveloped or may still be underway. In case the gas company goes ahead with the construction, the movement states that this would generate 10.8 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, which represents one-quarter of global carbon emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace climbers install Anish Kapoor\u2019s BUTCHERED onto a Shell platform in the North Sea<\/p>\n

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campaign calling for governments to tax oil and gas companies<\/h2>\n

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As a way of visually and visibly translating the gathered studies, Greenpeace teams up with Anish Kapoor and selects Shell as the platform of the urgent advocacy. The artist previously challenged the fossil fuel industry connections in 2019 when he called for London\u2019s National Portrait Gallery to end partnerships with BP.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s now a figure of Greenpeace\u2019s Polluters Pay Pact initiative, a campaign that calls for governments to tax oil and gas companies for environmental damages. Greenpeace says it accepts the responsibility for the installation activities and material choices and that the artwork connects climate activism with contemporary art practice through direct intervention at fossil fuel extraction sites. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

it is dubbed the world\u2019s first artwork to be installed at an active offshore gas site<\/p>\n

the activists hoisted a high-pressure hose on top of the canvas at a height of 16 metres above the sea<\/p>\n

the activists pump 1,000 litres of blood-red liquid that gushed into the fabric<\/p>\n

the liquid consists of seawater, beetroot powder, and non-toxic food-based pond dye<\/p>\n

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the installation represents and visualizes the climate damage caused by fossil fuel extraction<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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the mounting system secures the canvas to the platform structure using industrial fastening hardware<\/p>\n

for the installation, seven Greenpeace climbers boarded the platform<\/p>\n

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the activists hang install a 12-meter by 8-meter canvas on one side<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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project info:<\/p>\n

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name: BUTCHERED<\/span><\/p>\n

artist: Anish Kapoor<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@dirty_corner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

organization: Greenpeace<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@greenpeaceuk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

photography: Andrew McConnell<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@andrewmcconnellphoto<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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