Supernature is more than nature as science, or nature as art – it exceeds the boundaries of these classificatory systems and opens up a space where the species of things conjure wonder and curiosity, as well as fear and repugnance.
This issue of Drain explores the limits of ‘nature’: its extremeties, its uselessness, its non-existence. Neither transcendent nor reified, ‘supernature’ is heterogenous and interdependent: it mimics, inverts, entombs and subverts the natural. Here, the classifications and hence, boundaries between art and nature are eliminated, and the unstable category of the speculative ensues.
Feature Essay
Convergence Zone: The Aesthetics and Politics of the Ocean in Contemporary Art – Abigail Susik
Essays
Opening the Tomb: Supernature, Beautiful Decay, and Ruination – Ricky Varghese
Imaging Lazarus: The Undead in Contemporary Painting – Steve Locke
Reviews/Interviews
Interview with Isabel Manalo – Craig Drennen
Artifacts of Memory. Crystal Schenk at Lindfield Gallery – Jennifer Rabin
Questioning Necessity. Xin Cheng: Mixtures – Victoria Wynne-Jones
Interview with Carrie Gundersdorf – Avantika Bawa
Creative Writing
Host – Monty Reid
Teach Me – Ian Rhoodewalt
Feature Show
Preternatural – Curated by Celina Jeffery
Art Projects
Wide Receivers – Mónika Sziládi
Satellite Fields – Nadia Anderson
Dead Wrestlers – Judith Baumann
Zombie Argument – Harrison Higgs
Where The Other Hand is Clapping – Aaron Wexler
The Clipperton Project – An International Initiative
This issue was edited by Celina Jeffery
Supernature – Vol. 7, No. 2, 2012