Potosi Principle Archive

A four-volume compendium of interviews, essays, poems, manifestos and images on extractivist colonialism

Stemming from an exhibition project begun in 2010 at the Reina Sofia and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Potosi Principle Archive collects historical and contemporary sources, interviews, essays, poems and art examining the persistence of the extractivist logic that began with the conquest of South America. The four volumes are structured around Extractivism, Labor, Debt, Inquisition, Machine Capitalism, Decolonization Practices and Artistic Doing. Contributors include: Sonia Abian, Edgar Arandia, Elvira Espejo Ayca, John Barker, Christian v. Borries, Matthijs de Bruijne, George Caffentzis, Roberto Choque Canqui, Cultural Worker Coalition against the Humboldtforum, Anthony Davies, Chto Delat, Ines Doujak, Silvia Federici, Leon Ferrari, Maria Galindo, Isaias Grinolo, Max Jorge Hinderer, Pujan Karambeigi, Gabriela Massuh, Philip Mirowski, Eduardo Molinari, Victor Montoya, Tobias Morawski, Stephan Moersch, Sergio Raimondi, German Muruchi Poma, Edgar Huracan Ramirez, David Riff, Pedro G. Romero, Mafe Moscoso Rosero, Konstanze Schmitt, Robert Sieland and Laura Valles Vilchez.