In a three-channel video setup, three places are brought together: the Namibian desert, the Atlantic Ocean, and a shipyard on the Black Sea coast where the world's first custom-built diamond recovery vessel, the Benguela Gem, was constructed. This ship, commissioned by De Beers Group and named after the Benguela dolphins, began diamond mining off the coast of Namibia in 2022.

From the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, by way of Namibia's desert, distinct geographies and industries interconnect through a common history of extraction. This history is narrated through the voice of a fugitive diamond that has broken free from human hands.

Text by Anca Benera
Sound design: Simina Oprescu
Voice over: Gigi Spelsberg
Video editing: Arnold Estefan

Research and documentation: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich.