Cultural Work as Parasitic Labor

Enos Nyamor considers the role of the artist among the classifications of “essential” and “non-essential” workers

Production of Anti-Social Distance

Enos Nyamor considers the “social” as a contemporary phenomenon in light of “social distancing” during the Covid-19 pandemic

Empathy As Form

Kate Brock challenges contemporary notions of empathy & racism as a virus

“No New Theories” by Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Lauren Palmer reviews Rasheed’s monochromatic artist book

We Need Embodied Criticism

Lune Ames discusses the antiracist work of the critic as somatic

Respiratory Failure

Jessica Holmes addresses America’s systemic racism as a form of suffocation amidst the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic

Images in a Pandemic

Students reflect on image culture during quarantine

In Memoriam: Zarina (July 16, 1937-April 25, 2020)

Sumeja Tulic pays tribute to the life and work of the artist Zarina

Fallback Friday: Photography, Caravaggio & The Musicians

Degree Critical returns to Yinka Elujoba’s meditation into the quality of light, Caravaggio, and Roy DeCarava

Fallback Friday: The End of Writing, or Ursula Monkton

Degree Critical revisits Cigdem Asatekin’s meditation on invisible monsters and writer’s block

Pieces Of Burning Coal Rolling On A Painted Surface

Sumeja Tulic pays homage to the late Hungarian artist Omara Mara Oláh

“Legsicon” by Laure Prouvost

Lauren Palmer reviews “LEGSICON” by Laure Prouvost