For An Ecology of Images sculpture the time it takes to

the time it takes to heal from injuries

featured in a three-hander show at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston alongside Ed Ruscha and Agnes Martin

This edition showcases books that venture off the beaten path

and gender and ethnic frames – themes that recur throughout the chapters

Most books that want to change us seek to make us richer or thinner

For An Ecology of Images sculpture the time it takes toA new, ecological approach to images by a renowned philosopher. When Susan Sontag first proposed the idea of an ecology of images, she meant it as an exhortation to be vigilant against the vast surplus of pictures threatening our ability to truly see. Today, beyond the deep anxieties over a diminishing attention economy, concern focuses on the environmental cost of storing and circulating the digital images that confront us with unprecedented speed.