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Dark ‘n’ Light explores science, nature, social justice and culture, through the arts and humanities. We are a home for projects that chronicle the times we live in and reimagine futures for all species and the planet.
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We love working with former collaborators and meeting new ones. Meet the amazing people behind our new short film Routes that takes us on a journey along the paths of insects as they retrace routes that go far beyond human notions of boundaries.
You can watch it here: youtu.be/gLZIAdUsVlM
You can watch it here: youtu.be/gLZIAdUsVlM
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
We love working with former collaborators and meeting new ones. Meet the amazing people behind our new short film Routes that takes us on a journey along the paths of insects as they retrace routes that go far beyond human notions of boundaries.
You can watch it here: youtu.be/gLZIAdUsVlM
You can watch it here: youtu.be/gLZIAdUsVlM
A gorgeous new film on Dark 'n' Light, scripted and narrated by Yuvan Aves, and created by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
Watch Routes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZI...
Watch Routes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZI...
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
A gorgeous new film on Dark 'n' Light, scripted and narrated by Yuvan Aves, and created by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
Watch Routes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZI...
Watch Routes here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLZI...
Listen to the rest of this fascinating conversation on The Subverse podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Listen to the rest of this fascinating conversation on The Subverse podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Joaquin Ezcurra tells us what listeners can expect to hear in his conversation with Susan Mathews, host of The Subverse podcast.
Listen to the episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
Listen to the episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
October 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Joaquin Ezcurra tells us what listeners can expect to hear in his conversation with Susan Mathews, host of The Subverse podcast.
Listen to the episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
Listen to the episode here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
In the final episode of the season, host Susan Mathews speaks to Antone Martinho-Truswell Operations Manager at the Sydney Policy Lab, and Research Associate at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.
open.spotify.com/episode/2NPp...
open.spotify.com/episode/2NPp...
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the final episode of the season, host Susan Mathews speaks to Antone Martinho-Truswell Operations Manager at the Sydney Policy Lab, and Research Associate at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia.
open.spotify.com/episode/2NPp...
open.spotify.com/episode/2NPp...
In a new episode of The Subverse Susan Mathews speaks with
AntoneMartinho-Truswell, a behavioural ecologist, about the evolutionary advantages of flight, why birds live longer than mammals, and evolving out of the ‘good-enough’ way of living.
Listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
AntoneMartinho-Truswell, a behavioural ecologist, about the evolutionary advantages of flight, why birds live longer than mammals, and evolving out of the ‘good-enough’ way of living.
Listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
The Subverse - Season 5 - Dark 'n' Light
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October 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a new episode of The Subverse Susan Mathews speaks with
AntoneMartinho-Truswell, a behavioural ecologist, about the evolutionary advantages of flight, why birds live longer than mammals, and evolving out of the ‘good-enough’ way of living.
Listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
AntoneMartinho-Truswell, a behavioural ecologist, about the evolutionary advantages of flight, why birds live longer than mammals, and evolving out of the ‘good-enough’ way of living.
Listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
Reposted by @DARKNLIGHTZINE
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
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October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
"Routes aren’t created because of places, but rather places emerge from routes that are taken again and again."
A new short film narrated by Yuvan Aves, made by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob for Dark 'n' Light.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
A new short film narrated by Yuvan Aves, made by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob for Dark 'n' Light.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
Routes - Dark 'n' Light
In this short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies, aphids and other insects as they remember and retrace routes that go far beyond hu...
darknlight.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Routes aren’t created because of places, but rather places emerge from routes that are taken again and again."
A new short film narrated by Yuvan Aves, made by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob for Dark 'n' Light.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
A new short film narrated by Yuvan Aves, made by Gourav Ogale and Annette Jacob for Dark 'n' Light.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning." Tasneem Khan
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light
In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...
darknlight.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning." Tasneem Khan
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
"At its heart, Arcx has always been a passion project. A meeting of nerds, if you will. For all that we discussed serious topics, there was a real joy to these conversations."
@anjalialappat.bsky.social reflects on four seasons of Arcx podcast:https://darknlight.com/blog/a-new-arcx/
@anjalialappat.bsky.social reflects on four seasons of Arcx podcast:https://darknlight.com/blog/a-new-arcx/
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"At its heart, Arcx has always been a passion project. A meeting of nerds, if you will. For all that we discussed serious topics, there was a real joy to these conversations."
@anjalialappat.bsky.social reflects on four seasons of Arcx podcast:https://darknlight.com/blog/a-new-arcx/
@anjalialappat.bsky.social reflects on four seasons of Arcx podcast:https://darknlight.com/blog/a-new-arcx/
"I am driven by infinite curiosity and a refusal to accept the existence of borders, crystallised knowledge or geographies, all of which are imaginary constructs."
An interview with writer and teacher Claudia Aboaf: darknlight.com/projects/int...
An interview with writer and teacher Claudia Aboaf: darknlight.com/projects/int...
The Poetics and Politics of Climate in Fiction and Fact: An Interview with Claudia Aboaf - Dark 'n' Light
Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fictio...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"I am driven by infinite curiosity and a refusal to accept the existence of borders, crystallised knowledge or geographies, all of which are imaginary constructs."
An interview with writer and teacher Claudia Aboaf: darknlight.com/projects/int...
An interview with writer and teacher Claudia Aboaf: darknlight.com/projects/int...
In a new short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies amd aphids as they remember and retrace routes that go beyond human notions of roads and boundaries.
Created by Gaurav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
Created by Gaurav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
Routes - Dark 'n' Light
In this short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies, aphids and other insects as they remember and retrace routes that go far beyond hu...
darknlight.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
In a new short film, naturalist and author Yuvan Aves takes us on a journey along the paths of honeybees, butterflies amd aphids as they remember and retrace routes that go beyond human notions of roads and boundaries.
Created by Gaurav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
Created by Gaurav Ogale and Annette Jacob.
darknlight.com/projects/fil...
Claudia Aboaf's latest book, Trilogía del agua (2024), combines three of her previous novels: Pichonas (2014), The King of Water (2016), and The Eye and the Flower (2019).
Winnu D interviews her for Dark 'n' Light here:
darknlight.com/projects/int...
Winnu D interviews her for Dark 'n' Light here:
darknlight.com/projects/int...
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Claudia Aboaf's latest book, Trilogía del agua (2024), combines three of her previous novels: Pichonas (2014), The King of Water (2016), and The Eye and the Flower (2019).
Winnu D interviews her for Dark 'n' Light here:
darknlight.com/projects/int...
Winnu D interviews her for Dark 'n' Light here:
darknlight.com/projects/int...
Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fiction.
darknlight.com/projects/int...
darknlight.com/projects/int...
The Poetics and Politics of Climate in Fiction and Fact: An Interview with Claudia Aboaf - Dark 'n' Light
Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fictio...
darknlight.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Claudia Aboaf, writer and teacher, speaks to Winnu D about the importance of socialising the struggle, paying attention to nature, moving away from human characters and the power of writing and fiction.
darknlight.com/projects/int...
darknlight.com/projects/int...
"Given the mercurial times we live in, it’s unsurprising that South Asia’s speculative and science fiction scene is slowly but surely growing."
Anjali Alappat, host of Arcx podcast writes darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Anjali Alappat, host of Arcx podcast writes darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
A New Arc(x) - Dark 'n' Light
In this blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the regio...
darknlight.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"Given the mercurial times we live in, it’s unsurprising that South Asia’s speculative and science fiction scene is slowly but surely growing."
Anjali Alappat, host of Arcx podcast writes darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Anjali Alappat, host of Arcx podcast writes darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
In the fourth episode of the season, Susan Mathews is in conversation with Joaquin Ezcurra, a key member of Aerocene, the global arts-activist community initiated by Tomás Saraceno.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
In the fourth episode of the season, Susan Mathews is in conversation with Joaquin Ezcurra, a key member of Aerocene, the global arts-activist community initiated by Tomás Saraceno.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0KDi...
Reposted by @DARKNLIGHTZINE
Chennai! Come to our Bandigoat book launch / pumpkin carving party on Saturday Oct 25th!
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Chennai! Come to our Bandigoat book launch / pumpkin carving party on Saturday Oct 25th!
In a new blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the region, and where the podcast goes from here.
darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Art by Adrija Ghosh.
darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Art by Adrija Ghosh.
A New Arc(x) - Dark 'n' Light
In this blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the regio...
darknlight.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In a new blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the region, and where the podcast goes from here.
darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Art by Adrija Ghosh.
darknlight.com/blog/a-new-a...
Art by Adrija Ghosh.
Mădălina Diaconu is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).
She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse!
More from her here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse!
More from her here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mădălina Diaconu is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).
She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse!
More from her here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse!
More from her here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning."
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light
In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...
darknlight.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning."
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
A double bill from The Subverse!
Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather.
Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather.
Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
The Subverse - Season 5 - Dark 'n' Light
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October 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A double bill from The Subverse!
Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather.
Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather.
Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
Join the latest episode of The Subverse podcast with your thermic body and enjoy the fleecy, cloudy edges of this conversation with Mădălina Diaconu.
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
Under the Weather: Atmospherics, Aesthetics, and Thermic Subjects
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October 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Join the latest episode of The Subverse podcast with your thermic body and enjoy the fleecy, cloudy edges of this conversation with Mădălina Diaconu.
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
Mădălina Diaconu, is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).
She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Mădălina Diaconu, is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).
She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
A new episode of The Subverse features Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria who works on environmental aesthetics, urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A new episode of The Subverse features Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria who works on environmental aesthetics, urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...
open.spotify.com/episode/5zt7...