The New Museum and Inhabitants with Margarida Mendes present Mining the Deep Sea Frontier, two back-to-back sessions taking as their premise that deep sea mining is an imminent threat to global ecosystems. This series of talks address the global turn towards blue economy and the new horizon of deep-sea extractivism, in what is called “a new gold rush.” Mining the Deep Sea Frontier will parse arguments from environmental activists and the mining industry, policymakers, biodiversity experts, and ocean researchers. This program will explore what constitutes the extractivist frontier: from historical narratives of the ocean to the technological development required for deep sea mining. Structured around two thematic threads, the discussions are prompted by different mediating agents, followed by a debate and Q&A.