Carolina Caycedo (London, 1978) is a Colombian artist based in Los Angeles. Her practice, rooted in fieldwork with communities affected by extractivism, views art as a means of coming together and collectively building relationships based on trust and solidarity. It examines the tensions and possibilities of the energy transition from an environmental justice perspective: which territories and communities bear the cost of decarbonisation, and which ways of life must be sustained in the process.

Our Mineral Intensive Futures (2022) is a large-scale tapestry woven on the basis of a World Bank report, which states that the extraction of critical minerals will increase by 500% by 2050 to supply technologies considered "clean". The narrative features extraction scenes, maps of mining sites, picket lines and communities that defend their autonomy and reimagine alternative ways of life. The work presents transition not as something that simply happens, but as a process of regeneration actively built by the community.