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Disaster Area: BP

On a large oxidized oil drum reads: "B.P. STOP / THE END / OFFSHORE DRILLING / HOW TODAY / [indiscernible] IN OUR WATER W / [indiscernible] GOD FORGIVE US / [last line indiscernible]." Attached to the drum is a long metal object that resembles the neck of a crane. The assemblage is topped with three gasoline nozzles (blue, red, and silver), a toy helicopter, several rubber ducks, a concrete turtle, a jar of sand, and a scuba fin. The base is surrounded by a blue fishing net filled with several "Big Mouth Billy Bass" toys, multiple smaller oxidized oil canisters, and three black plastic propeller blades that read "OIL / SPILL / 2020" "NO / FISHING," and "DEEP WATER / HORIZON." Across from the drum is a white door that Minter identifies as part of the assemblage. From the top of the door hangs a tangle of wire that ensnares a boot, several baby dolls, two telephones, and a metal pail.