The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE was an international corporate structure set up to model corporate financial practices observed in tax havens. The work engages directly with tax havens to grasp their inner workings.
The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE consisted of Empire Management Limited, a UK private limited company directed by members of DMSTFCTN; Invest. One Limited, a Seychelles International Business Company directed by a nominee; and a corporate bank account, held by Invest. One Limited with Euro Pacific Bank, in Puerto Rico.
Detailed information on the set up and use of the OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE is available as a PDF.
- 2020 (solo)
- OFFSHORE MATTERSAKSIOMA, ljubljana
- (talk)
- Moneylab #8AKSIOMAA panel on artistic explorations of tax havens, led by an investigative journalist
- (interview)
- CHASING ILLICIT MONEYNEW YORK TIMES'A group of artists began a project to show how money could be moved offshore'
- 2018 (live)
- transmediale face valueHKW, berlin
- (talk)
- Automated LandsNEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam
- MoneyLab #4SOMERSET HOUSE, londonA talk on offshore investigative w—i—p, part of a panel on play in art and finance
- 2017 (residency)
- Vilem Flusser ResidencyTRANSMEDIALE, berlin
The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE was an international corporate structure set up to model corporate financial practices observed in tax havens. The work engages directly with tax havens to grasp their inner workings.
The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE consisted of Empire Management Limited, a UK private limited company directed by members of
DMSTFCTN; Invest. One Limited, a Seychelles International Business Company directed by a nominee; and a corporate bank account, held by Invest. One Limited with Euro Pacific Bank, in Puerto Rico.
of the public formally joined it by purchasing shares in Empire Management Limited. As shareholders, they gained the ability to influence its operations through general meetings, now publicly documented on the UK registrar of companies.
Detailed information on the set up and use of the OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE is available as a PDF.