The process of farming and refining sugar beet in Britain hasn't changed much, but the power and the machinery behind it have. In 1925, a fledgling sugar factory in Norfolk managed to process 600 ...

Installation view of There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves at Hong Gah Museum, Taipei (all photos Christopher Whitfield/Hyperallergic) TAIPEI — There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves at the ...

The Domino Sugar Refinery is a landmark building that was integral to the development of the Brooklyn waterfront throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, the structural remains are emblematic of ...

Cornflakes and yogurt, ketchup and salad dressings, sodas and sports drinks: what do they all have in common? Lots and lots of sugar. The sweet stuff is all around us. It wreaks havoc on our bodies ...

Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4 of this story. The dawn of 1889 began with a small financial panic as hundreds; perhaps thousands of investors, both in New York and in England began to realize that ...

New York City is a place of constant transformation. Since the late 18th century, when it became one of the world's largest ports, it has established itself as a hub of innovation, commerce, and ...

There Is Another Capital Beneath the Waves ruminates on commerce, colonization, and conflict between manipulative forces that fuel the engine of history. Installation view of There Is Another Capital ...