The realm of finance has its own ecological logic where Hectocorns offer behemoths poison pills, whales take fledglings to the moon, disappear into dark pools and form fraudulent daisy chains with one another. Collapsed Mythologies examines the slang terminology of traders and other financial professionals to uncover what these terms mean and the ecological world they refer to, a world which the authors, Benjaminsen and Casey, detect to be a rich mythological history.
Unpacking this language reveals the absurd, (super)natural 'fictions' that materially and violently shape our global ecology. Eline Benjaminsen is an artist making lens-based, follow-the-money narratives. Dayna Casey is an artist essaying and narrating multi-scalar complexity. Amy Bride is a PhD in Gothic Finance. Sami Hammana is an artist and writer. Marie Storli is a journalist and economist. Alexis Wright is a Gulf of Carpentaria novelist.