Using sensory work, artists explore how the effects of opium relate to colonialist and capitalist extraction, and convey a tale of industry and the Latvian geological landscape.

These two artist talks, which took place during The Shape of a Practice, focus on making durational processes of accumulation sensible. Artists Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi present their work Labour Lung, which uses audio to depict the deleterious effects of opium on the lungs and its relation to colonialist and capitalist extraction. Artist Katrin Hornek presents a guided audio journey and discusses her work A Landmass to Come, which employs literal earth to convey a speculative tale of industry and the Latvian geological landscape. The talks conclude with a discussion led by artist and researcher Margarida Mendes.