Cynthia Cruz writes about libidinal energy in the Kentucky photographs of William Gedney
Category: Essays
When the Death Drive Takes Over: the Libidinal in Joy Division and Amy Winehouse
Cynthia Cruz considers the posture of the libidinal and the death drive
Inner and Outer Space
Cynthia Cruz considers Claire Denis’ film High Life (2018)
Fallback Friday: Casting JonBenét
Degree Critical revisits Will Fenstermaker’s (Class of 2016) consideration of spectatorship and power in “Casting JonBenét”
Photography, Caravaggio & The Musicians
Yínka Elujoba writes about Caravaggio, Roy DeCarava, and the quality of light
Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea
Angella d’Avignon writes about Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea
The Sea is Still Beautiful
Sahar Khraibani writes about the sea, terror, capturing beauty, and Nilufer Demir’s photograph of Alan Kurdi
The Human Condition, the Museum, and OxyContin
Sumeja Tulic writes about the protest at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (PAIN) on February 9
Fallback Friday: Black Mountain College and Its Legacy
Degree Critical remembers Kareem Estefan’s reflection on “Black Mountain College and its Legacy” at Loretta Howard Gallery
The End of Writing, or Ursula Monkton
Cigdem Asatekin writes about monsters, writer’s block, and Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”
Boyd Rice Ain’t Nice
Noah Dillon writes about the conflict surrounding the cancelled Boyd Rice and Darja Bajagić show at Greenspon Gallery
Fallback Friday: Rubens, His Wife Helena Fourment, and Their Son Frans
For the 2017 Degree Critical print edition, Blessy Augustine studies a 400-year old painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens
