World of Matter defines a cutting-edge mode of collective artistic and interdisciplinary research, mediated through constellations of texts, images, and videos, which shares the imperative to explore how the world matters — how it enters into both materialization and conflicted forms of valuation.
The World of Matter is an “international art and media project [whose collective works critique] the global ecologies of resource exploitation and circulation.” WoM artists take to task such instances of exploitation as Monsanto’s “white gold revolution” — a … Continue reading “Representing India’s “Suicide Economy””
Responding to our “Postcolonial Ecologies” panel at September’s “Radical Materialisms” conference held at CUNY Graduate Center, World of Matter author Peter Mörtenböck identified two distinct, but interconnected questions animating our discussion. First: How do we align politically, theoretically, and … Continue reading “Provincializing Humanism: Reflections on World of Matter”
