Flash photography
News from John O’Brian of an important exhibition and book. The exhibition is After the Flash: photography from the atomic archive, which runs from 10 October through 20 December 2014 at WORK gallery,...
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I’m speaking at a conference called “Through Post-Atomic Eyes” in Toronto next month. Through Post-Atomic Eyes brings together an interdisciplinary group of artists and scholars to explore the complex...
View ArticleLittle Boys and Blue Skies
These are very preliminary notes and ideas for my presentation at “Through Post-Atomic Eyes” in Toronto next month: I would really – really – welcome any comments, suggestions or advice. I don’t...
View ArticleDrones and atomic clouds
I’m off to Toronto on Thursday to speak at the symposium “Through Post-Atomic Eyes“. I posted some of my earlier notes for my presentation, ‘Little Boys and Blue Skies: Drones through post-atomic...
View ArticleBombing the USA
I’ve noted before how one of the most immediate and long-lasting effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on American post-atomic culture was an extraordinary sense of vulnerability: hence the steady stream...
View ArticleHiroshima Archive
Another impressive interactive web site: I’ve discussed the wonderful collaborative work of the Japan Air Raids project before – and I’ve returned to it as I work up my account of the entanglements...
View ArticleNuclear narcissism
As Donald Trump‘s grotesque unfitness for office becomes ever clearer – though to most of us it was as plain as a pikestaff long before the election – a central vector of concern has been his proximity...
View ArticleDrones through Post-Atomic Eyes
A post-script to my last post: the (very!) long-form version of “Little Boys and Blue Skies: Drones through Post-Atomic Eyes” is now available under the DOWNLOADS tab. The sections are: Escape from...
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