School and Oil and Water is a mail-order kit to examine your relations with petroleum through a collection of artist-made objects and activities. 

This contemplative correspondence school takes the form of an artist book packaged in a box. Our curriculum explores these guiding questions:

- Who is oil and what does oil desire from us?

- Is oil merely a fuel source and material for humans, or could it have other reasons to exist?

- How can we practice relating to petroleum as a vibrant ancestor?

School of Oil and Water includes 6 pieces, designed to be experienced over several days.

The project is a limited edition of 50, produced in 2023. Once we’re sold out, there will be no more. 

Creative Director: Fereshteh Toosi

Artists: Lindsey french, Ginger Brooks Takahashi & Nica Ross, Kate Joranson, Alex Young, Liz Ensz & Skye Fort, and Fereshteh Toosi

School of Oil and Water @oil_ancestors is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight New Work Award @knightfdn