On April 20, 2010, the exploratory drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers and the largest oil spill in the history of marine drilling operations. Susan Schuppli presents media evidence emerging from the spill and its aftermath including audio detailing the lawsuit filed on behalf of the rights of nature against BP. Her multi-part Slick Images and a computer generated oil spill simulation Nature Represents Itself uses diverse media to study the 2010 incident as a form of “natural cinema” with its origins in petroleum production. Schuppli views the incident from multiple perspectives, making varied layers visible. In the photogenic image of dazzling colours, Schuppli presents the oil film in its aesthetic and legal forms to propose the ecological site as a material witness fully capable of representing its own damaged condition.