Seeing in the Dark

Scholars, poets, and organizers reflect on the genocide in Gaza and the current moment in relation to Nicholas Mirzoeff’s recent VAGABONDS book To See in the Dark: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7. With contributions from Nicholas Mirzoeff, the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy, MPA, Priscilla Wathington, Omar Zahzah, Steve Dickison, Jill Casid, and Max Haiven.

The Clock Men

Priscilla Wathington

All day, the talk is lint. Committees meet and look at their calendars. The carpet hardly moves. The lobby doesn’t even smell of corpses.   It’s Monday here. There’s a salad bar here. In Rafah, a wall is blown off … Continue reading “The Clock Men”

Visual Activism C-Map

Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy

In March 2025, comrades from across the San Franciso Bay Area and beyond gathered across two facilitated convergence spaces to host Nick Mirzoeff and explore his concept of “seeing in the dark,” a provocation currently in circulation through his recently … Continue reading “Visual Activism C-Map”

Undefeated Despair

Nicholas Mirzoeff

How should an anti-Zionist Jew respond to the genocide in Gaza and its ramifications? This was the subject of my book To See in the Dark: Palestine and Visual Activism Since October 7 (2025). It was published on January 20, … Continue reading “Undefeated Despair”