Abstract

Literary Nonfiction. Art. Philosophy. Critical Theory. Ecology. Bilingual Edition. Translations from the French by Jean-François Caro, Jeanne Trombetta and Sophian Bourire. Introduction by Érik Bullot. Written contributions from Timothy Morton, Graham Harman, Laurie Palmer, Caroline Picard, Joao Florencio, Nettrice Gaskins and Jamila Woods. Featuring artists Sebastian Alvarez, Art Orienté objet, Jeremy Bolen, Irina Botea, Robert Burnier, Marcus Coates, Every house has a door, Assaf Evron, Carrie Gundersdorf, Institute of Critical Zoologists, Jenny Kendler, Devin King, Stephen Lapthisophon, Milan Metthey, Rebecca Mir, Heidi Norton, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Tessa Siddle, and Xaviera Simmons. Mice grow human ears on their backs in laboratories and rabbits glow in the dark. In this new age of ecological awareness, "Nature" as a Romantic ideal—a pristine mountainside beyond the scope of human influence—is but a dithering spirit. Rather than succumbing to the pang of this loss, GHOST NATURE exposes the limits of human perspective in the emergent landscape that remains: a slippery network of sometimes monstrous creatures, plants, and technological advances.