Julia Alekseyeva conceptualizes filmic ekphrasis, a metacommentary that encourages self-reflective, critical viewing, through Isaac Julien’s Once Again… (Statues Never Die) and Mati Diop’s Dahomey.

Krushna Dande describes the pathological limits of ekphrasis, investigating paranoiac over-reading in white supremacists’ digital circulation of memes and videos.

Louis Shankar looks at David Wojnarowicz’s textual comments about his own work, which frame his art for an anticipated viewer.