The title "wadi" is an Arabic term referring to an ephemeral riverbed that may or may not be dry. The term "ephemeral" is also widely used in stock markets. In both cases, scarcity or plenty creates the basis for capitalist exploitation. Interested in the relationship between the conjuring of water and the transitory nature of capitalism as detached from material, Asgary downloaded dozens of water images from stock photography websites, then used machine learning to create new images from the combination of water photos and specific graphs of international water stocks. Bearing an uncanny resemblance to water, at times the result is a pixelated, grainy river altered beyond recognition from the original source. wadi000000025 is part of the Wadi series and an interactive website examining temporality, natural resources, and capitalism. (http://wadi. mspadjacent.com/about/)