Ian Alan Paul is an artist and theorist. Below is a public archive of their writing and projects.
More about Ian can be read here, and they can be contacted by using the form here.
Controlling the Crisis ◦ Text ◦ 2020
// an essay that examines the cybernetic policing of migrants during the 2015-16 migrant “crisis” in the European Union.
// an essay that examines the cybernetic policing of migrants during the 2015-16 migrant “crisis” in the European Union.
Ten Premises For A Pandemic ◦ Text ◦ 2020
// a pandemic isn’t a collection of viruses, but is a social relation among people, mediated by viruses.
// a pandemic isn’t a collection of viruses, but is a social relation among people, mediated by viruses.
The Corona Reboot ◦ Text ◦ 2020
// an attempt to provisionally theorize the emergence of new subjectivities in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
// an attempt to provisionally theorize the emergence of new subjectivities in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
Climate, Capitalism, Control ◦ Video Essay ◦ 2019
// a video essay that diagrams the conjunctive power of planetary-scale computation, commodification, and climate change.
// a video essay that diagrams the conjunctive power of planetary-scale computation, commodification, and climate change.
Climate, Capitalism, Control (Script) ◦ Text ◦ 2019
// the script of the video essay “Climate, Capitalism, Control”
// the script of the video essay “Climate, Capitalism, Control”
The Dis/Appeared ◦ Video Essay ◦ 2018
// a video essay that theorizes colonial regimes of perception in contemporary Palestine.
// a video essay that theorizes colonial regimes of perception in contemporary Palestine.
The Dis/Appeared (Script) ◦ Text ◦ 2018
// the script of the video essay “The Dis/Appeared”
// the script of the video essay “The Dis/Appeared”
La Orilla Infinita ◦ Photo Essay ◦ 2018
// a photo essay that explores three histories on the Canary Islands brought together by the surrounding sea.
// a photo essay that explores three histories on the Canary Islands brought together by the surrounding sea.
Negative Monument ◦ Poster ◦ 2018
// an open invitation to engage in the participatory yet imperceptible negation of a monument.
// an open invitation to engage in the participatory yet imperceptible negation of a monument.
Antisocial Media ◦ Text ◦ 2017
// a remix/cut-up/utopian-plagiarism of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle” that reflects on the networked present.
// a remix/cut-up/utopian-plagiarism of Guy Debord’s “The Society of the Spectacle” that reflects on the networked present.
Ten Preliminary Theses on Resistance ◦ Text ◦ 2017
// a set of theses speculatively proposing modes of resistance and revolt in the Trump era.
// a set of theses speculatively proposing modes of resistance and revolt in the Trump era.
Ten Preliminary Theses on Trump ◦ Text ◦ 2017
// a set of theses diagramming the significance and consequence of Trump’s election.
// a set of theses diagramming the significance and consequence of Trump’s election.
Conditions of Possibility ◦ Online Documentary ◦ 2016
// an online documentary that theorizes the post-revolution/post-coup period in Cairo, Egypt.
// an online documentary that theorizes the post-revolution/post-coup period in Cairo, Egypt.
The Guantanamo Bay Museum ◦ Website / Speculative Fiction ◦ 2012-? (Ongoing)
// a critical fiction exploring the legacies of the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities.
// a critical fiction exploring the legacies of the Guantanamo Bay detention facilities.
Texts in Mourning And Action ◦ Electronic Civil Disobedience ◦ 2014
// a networked intervention organized in solidarity with the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico.
// a networked intervention organized in solidarity with the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico.
A Future Memorial for NAFTA ◦ Public Installation ◦ 2014
// an installation at the Mexico-US Border to mark the 20th anniversary of NAFTA.
// an installation at the Mexico-US Border to mark the 20th anniversary of NAFTA.
Bird Migration Authority ◦ Website / Speculative Fiction ◦ 2013
// a critical fiction exploring the aesthetic, ethical, and political policing of migration in the EU.
// a critical fiction exploring the aesthetic, ethical, and political policing of migration in the EU.
Drone Crash Incident ◦ Performance ◦ 2012
// a drone crash simulated on the campus of UC San Diego.
// a drone crash simulated on the campus of UC San Diego.
Border Haunt ◦ Electronic Civil Disobedience ◦ 2011
// a collective disruption of the networked policing of the Mexico-US Border.
// a collective disruption of the networked policing of the Mexico-US Border.