Sammy Baloji’s work across media focuses on the enduring impact of extractive economies—exploiting natural resources, labor, and information for profit—and their effects on land, people, and cultural forms. In When Extraction Becomes Form It Speaks in Borrowed Tongues , he researches the physical and symbolic remnants of colonial powers and economies in architecture and the decorative arts. Baloji focuses on the complex relationships among Europe, Central Africa, and the Americas.