Renzo Martens (1973) studied political science and art. He gained international recognition with the films Episode I, and Episode III: Enjoy Poverty, which was televised in more than 23 countries. In 2012, Martens established the Institute for Human Activities (IHA) and its Gentrification Program in DR Congo. Together with the plantation workers of Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) he uses artistic critique to redress economic inequality — not symbolically, but in material terms. Consequently, they opened a OMA-designed White Cube on a former Unilever plantation in 2017, where they currently develop an inclusive worker owned and ecological post-plantation. The work of the CATPC has recently been shown in a solo exhibition in ScultptureCenter New York, the 21st Biennale of Sydney and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.