🕳️ Released Phantom Node 115: Project Essequibo. The Geopolitical Brake
- Foundation date
12 January 2026
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
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Mode: Cartographic Aggression / Geopolitical Blackmail
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 115: Project Essequibo. The Geopolitical Brake
Territorial dispute as a renewable resource of instability.
Who is this?
Project Essequibo is not a territorial conflict in the classical sense, but an artificially activated destabilization mechanism.
It exploits a 19th-century colonial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana as leverage over global energy markets.
The phantom functions through fear export rather than war itself.
Type of node:
Geopolitical, energy-financial
Status:
Activated by proxy forces, legitimized through “sovereignty” rhetoric
Form of control:
Cartographic propaganda, military demonstrations, diplomatic vetoes
Phantom image:
A torn map leaking oil instead of land
What remains after the phantom:
Price charts, investor fear, paralysis of international decisions
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
A combination of regime fragility, diversionary needs, and external interest in oil price volatility.
How did it become a phantom?
When territory ceased to be the objective and the threat of conflict became a financial instrument.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because of global risk inertia, energy dependency, and blocked legal arbitration mechanisms.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, artificially sustained, cyclically escalated
After the regime:
exposed mechanisms of price blackmail · uncovered proxy coordination · dismantled military-cartographic manipulation · criminalized energy coercion · blocked destabilization channels · audited geopolitical risk schemes · restored legal arbitration frameworks · cleansed the information space · returned control over sovereign decision-making
Collective reaction:
The world is tired of paying for phantom wars.
Maps are no longer weapons.
Fear does not trade forever.
Core principle:
When war becomes a market tool, its threat is more dangerous than combat.
Alt-text:
Graphite-style image of a torn antique map of the Essequibo region leaking oil that transforms into a rising price chart, with radar silhouettes and oil rigs emerging from jungle mist.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 12.01.2026
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 115: Project "Essequibo" — Exporting Instability and Energy Market Manipulation.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Geopolitical Brake." The Essequibo project is a surgically activated conflict where a 19th-century border dispute is weaponized as a modern financial tool. The phantom nature lies in the fact that war is not the objective — the threat of war is. It is a node where the fear of a global oil deficit is converted into hard profits for those generating that fear.
Regimes:
🗺️ Cartographic Aggression Regime: Utilizing internal propaganda and updated maps to create an illusion of "just retribution," allowing for the mobilization of loyal military units.
🔕 Information Silence/Noise Regime: Alternating periods of total calm with sudden military maneuvers to destabilize the stocks of oil giants (Exxon, Chevron).
♟️ Proxy-Bargaining Regime: Using the threat of invasion as leverage in negotiations with the West for sanctions relief or asset unfreezing.
Tools:
🧨 "Sleeper" Military Bases: Establishing temporary jungle outposts not intended for offensive action but designed to provide the perfect visual for satellite intelligence.
📢 Russian Diplomatic Veto: Consistent blocking of UN Security Council resolutions regarding the dispute, rendering the conflict "immortal."
🛰️ Electronic Warfare Provocations: Deploying Russian-made EW systems (like "Krasukha") to disrupt the navigation and communications of commercial vessels in Guyana’s oil-rich waters.
Civilizational Influences:
📈 Normalization of "Might is Right": Eroding international law through the successful use of territorial blackmail without direct military confrontation.
📊 Volatility as a Tax: The global economy is forced to pay a "risk premium" due to an artificially maintained tension zone in a critical oil region.
📉 Devaluation of Small-State Sovereignty: Guyana becomes a hostage in a "Grand Game," where its resources are used as bargaining chips between global powers.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 12.01.2026
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
