Cruse’s video essay combines sourced and computer generated material in order to examine the shipping container within a global and capitalist framework.  In what way is a shipping container, a ubiquitous and nondescript object used in the transfer of consumer goods, also an integral part of shadow capital, insourcing and outsourcing, as well a receptacle and conduit of information?  Cruse takes a closer at these questions and more in her video essay below.