In Configuration Drift we examine the often-hidden material foundations that shape today’s (Western) technology and energy regimes. The project traces the entanglements of resource extraction, supply chains, infrastructure projects, financial flows, and the high-tech production of digital networks. It focuses on interconnected chains of critical minerals and resources—particularly nickel extraction in Indonesia, rare-earth refining in Malaysia, semiconductor manufacturing, and the expansion of hyperscale digital infrastructure from Singapore into the Johor Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
