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.

In a thorough examination of the essayistic potential of the photobook, Robby Bishop slowly turns pages with Alec Soth’s guided readings on YouTube.