Stygian light


re-nomad and collapse concept horror


Over at his blog eliminative culinarism, Reza Negarestani has written on the re-nomadization of hierachies and contingent orders in connection to my visual essay Arbor Deformia for the current issue of Collapse and my upcoming exhibition 'nonad' in a post titled 'Re-nomad: the art of Kristen Alvanson'.

Collapse Volume IV: 'Concept Horror' is now available for sale online. Contributors to the volume include: Kristen Alvanson, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Iain Hamilton Grant, Graham Harman, Michel Houellebecq, Oleg Kulik, Thomas Ligotti, Quentin Meillassoux, China Miéville, Reza Negarestani, Benjamin Noys, Rafani, Steven Shearer, George Sieg, Eugene Thacker, Keith Tilford, Todosch, James Trafford.

ape and essence II



ape and essence III



Urschleim and Bathybius haeckelii

Persian sorbet (of Kerman province)