Seeing Things

Seeing Things

Trevor Paglen is a writer and “experimental geographer” holding a Ph.D. in geography from Berkeley. His thought-provoking visual artworks deliberately blur the lines between social science, contemporary art, political theory, and activism. Constructing...
Radical Sound Activism

Radical Sound Activism

Since 1994, Ultra-red has established a unique position in the world of sound art. Their highly analytical projects, which range from radio broadcasts to art installations, directly link social activism to sound experiments. A global collective, Ultra-red made its...
Film Review: A Waltz for the War-Weary

Film Review: A Waltz for the War-Weary

Two hours before I watched Ari Folman’s docu-drama animated film Waltz with Bashir, a personal account of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, I listened to a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom recount his experience before a Washington D.C. audience....
The War Online

The War Online

The collapse of the Israeli Left may be the latest casualty of last month’s war in Gaza. The fighting appears to have scuttled what remains of the Israeli-Arab peace process, as a nationalist bloc of parties opposing territorial compromise with the Palestinians...