Author Archives: Nico Jenkins

PNCA announces new major in Critical Theory and Creative Research

The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon recently announced the formation of a new Master’s program joining Critical Theory with Creative Research. Working with students from the arts, humanities and the sciences, the MA in CT+CR seeks to cross or dissolve the traditional boundaries existing between theory and practice. Th above is a [...]

Ben Marcus’s The Flame Alphabet

Ben Marcus (on continent.’s board of advisors) releases his long awaited new novel next week. Available now for pre-order via Amazon, The Flame Alphabet describes the end of language (and life) through a slow toxic pandemic—caused by the exposure to children’s language—that sweeps across the world. The idea is horrifying but the way Marcus teases [...]

Schoenberg at the Pierrot Lunaire Centenary Tent

Schoenberg Add to the list of music I don’t understand (yet adore) is this film adapting Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21. Shot on shaky video in New York by Oliver Herrmann with primitive animation, strippers, old black men, meat lockers, SRO’s and the beautiful Christine Schäfer, this film is astounding.   If you haven’t seen it, [...]

Get A Job!

Timothy Morton (who is rumored to be mulling an article for continent.) just posted this 21 part (!) job advice aggregator. It is time, right now, for all you adjuncts and one year lecturers, to start thinking about next year. Go forth, Intellectual, get thee a job! As Timothy says, “tis the season to be [...]

Graham Harman’s The Quadruple Object

The stunningly prolific philosopher Graham Harman, whose piece appears in the new issue of continent. has just released a new book called The Quadruple Object. Supposedly not due to ship until mid-July, we were pleased to find it in the UPS man’s hands, direct from Amazon this afternoon. The Quadruple Object, though still unread, promises [...]