Caused by Humans

Anti-essentialist Anthropocene objectors, it might be a good idea to upgrade your thoughts on this, the upshot of global warming.

Shorter Ecological Awareness

[T]here is nothing the least bit “misanthropic” about saying that humans don’t deserve to be  ontologically  half of the universe. There’s a...

Olafur Eliasson's Exhibition

Here are the details . “For Louisiana's major  autumn exhibition in 2014 Olafur Eliasson will fill the entire South Wing with a huge  pr...

Maya Angelou RIP

Her inaugural poem was so moving.

Conversation with Olafur Eliasson

I've been a huge fan of his work for at least the last decade. He called me yesterday to talk about speech as a physical entity--a conce...

To the Anti-Europeans

All right: Want to go back to when brie cost £10 rather than £2? Want to go back to when a holiday in Spain is out of the question? Go on, g...

PrOtocOl Is On

Geddit? By Joseph Nechvatal at Galerie Richard.

And Now We're Talking about Misogyny

Why is Rice not on this list ? There are various reasons but some are: 1. We admitted women pretty much from year 1. 2. Fraternities were ba...

Godzilla and Ecology

Someone asks me what I think of the 2014 Godzilla. Well, my opinion differs in no respect whatsoever from that of my brilliant PhD student, ...

Rebecca Solnit Getting It Right Again

Whitney on the Plane

Miljohn Ruperto gave me some pictures from his show at the Whitney for which I'd written an essay. I can't believe he did that, actu...

Got Petroleum?

Petroleum Manga that is , by the unstoppably good Marina Zurkow and Valerie Vogrin. Warning: Product may contain traces of Lucy Corin and T...

50 Books to Read before You Die?

Wow. Okay! I totally understand why Christian's book is in there by the way. I think we have influenced one another over the years.

Wellek No More

Well. Without doubt that was the nicest, and the most inspiring thing I think I've ever done in my career so far. What an amazing format...

Wellek Office

Humanities Gateway 1012

Wellek Lectures Office Hours This Week

If you're at Irvine, I'll be on campus on Friday morning if you wish to meet. In particular, I'd love to see anyone who has been...

Petroleum Manga

Part of Marina Zurk ow's Necrocracy project. I wrote a short piece for it on plexiglass chairs.

Wellek Lectures on Visual

The ecological era we find ourselves in—whether we like it or not, and whether we recognize it or not—makes necessary a searching revaluatio...

In Bern

It's very very nice here. It's not difficult not to like doing a seminar in a Swiss Schloss. Thomas Claviez has assembled a wonderfu...

Climate Change You Can Believe In

Nice one mate .

Symbiosis as a Site of Aesthetic (Causal) Transition

Excellent, Graham !

Science Isn't Fact

Sorry to break it to the scientistic types--but science is about not having to believe everything you think. Because it's about interpre...

Wellek Lectures 21 to 23 May

Just another announcement about these lectures in case you need it. Do come--they are open to the public.

Never Use Student Evaluations

My friend the chair of Stats at UCD told me she never  used them for promotion cases or merit raises. Why? It's perfectly obvious: they ...

thignworld

Graham and I have written things for this: thingworld: International Triennial of New Media Art 2014 Opening: June 10 2014 On View: June 11 ...

Melville OOO

This is an awesome quotation is it not, which I just found in an essay by my Ph.D. student Derek Woods: “everything that is said multiplies ...