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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...
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...
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...
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-...
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-...
We continue the conversation with Mădălina Diaconu. She speaks about tornadoes, the limitations of equating materiality with solidity, the ideas of landscape and landscapability and the concept of a trace and what happens when we do not control what we leave behind.
open.spotify.com/episode/302l...
open.spotify.com/episode/302l...
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
We continue the conversation with Mădălina Diaconu. She speaks about tornadoes, the limitations of equating materiality with solidity, the ideas of landscape and landscapability and the concept of a trace and what happens when we do not control what we leave behind.
open.spotify.com/episode/302l...
open.spotify.com/episode/302l...
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...
A stunning Time & Tide essay by Tasneem Khan is here!
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
October 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A stunning Time & Tide essay by Tasneem Khan is here!
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
A new Time and Tide essay is here.
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A new Time and Tide essay is here.
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...
"Water offers a different language—of ebb and return, of reflecting and refracting light. It invites a pace that resists hurry and keeps changing shape without breaking."
Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here:
darknlight.com/projects/per...
Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here:
darknlight.com/projects/per...
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Water offers a different language—of ebb and return, of reflecting and refracting light. It invites a pace that resists hurry and keeps changing shape without breaking."
Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here:
darknlight.com/projects/per...
Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here:
darknlight.com/projects/per...
Dr. Roxy Koll's recent research focuses on developing climate-smart health warning systems that integrate climate and health data with AI/ML to enable early action and long-term planning.
Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...
Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Dr. Roxy Koll's recent research focuses on developing climate-smart health warning systems that integrate climate and health data with AI/ML to enable early action and long-term planning.
Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...
Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...
In episode 1 Susan speaks to climate scientist Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll, about the unequal heating of the world, the intricate relationship between atmosphere, land and ocean conditions, and the role of data in adapting to a climate changed world.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
In episode 1 Susan speaks to climate scientist Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll, about the unequal heating of the world, the intricate relationship between atmosphere, land and ocean conditions, and the role of data in adapting to a climate changed world.
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
darknlight.com/podcast/the-...
Season 5 of The Subverse is here!
Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.
Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Season 5 of The Subverse is here!
Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.
Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.
In episode four of Arcx, @anjalialappat.bsky.socialsits down with writer and academic Sami Ahmad Khan to discuss Indian science fiction, translated fiction, pulp, genre conventions, T-rexes, black holes, the Bermuda triangle, and much more.
Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...
Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...
September 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In episode four of Arcx, @anjalialappat.bsky.socialsits down with writer and academic Sami Ahmad Khan to discuss Indian science fiction, translated fiction, pulp, genre conventions, T-rexes, black holes, the Bermuda triangle, and much more.
Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...
Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...
In the sixth essay of the Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan writes of knowledge embodied in communities and coastlines, of the intimacy of repetition, attention that attunes, and practice that makes dreams real and expands horizons.
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In the sixth essay of the Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan writes of knowledge embodied in communities and coastlines, of the intimacy of repetition, attention that attunes, and practice that makes dreams real and expands horizons.
darknlight.com/projects/per...
darknlight.com/projects/per...
R.T. Samuel is an editor, independent cultural producer and the co-editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, helmed by a viral fundraiser that made it the second-most successful Indian publishing campaign in Kickstarter history.
Catch R on Arcx here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch R on Arcx here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
September 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
R.T. Samuel is an editor, independent cultural producer and the co-editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF, helmed by a viral fundraiser that made it the second-most successful Indian publishing campaign in Kickstarter history.
Catch R on Arcx here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch R on Arcx here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Rakesh Khanna co-founded Blaft Publications in Chennai with Rashmi Devadasan, in 2008. The company publishes translations of Indian fiction, folklore, weird fiction, and graphic novels.
Catch him on Arcx podcast alongside Rashmi and R.T Samuel here:
open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch him on Arcx podcast alongside Rashmi and R.T Samuel here:
open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
September 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Rakesh Khanna co-founded Blaft Publications in Chennai with Rashmi Devadasan, in 2008. The company publishes translations of Indian fiction, folklore, weird fiction, and graphic novels.
Catch him on Arcx podcast alongside Rashmi and R.T Samuel here:
open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch him on Arcx podcast alongside Rashmi and R.T Samuel here:
open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Rashmi Devadasan is the author of Kumari Loves a Monster and her short stories were part of an anthology titled Strange Worlds! Strange Times! Amazing Sci-Fi Stories, published by Speaking Tiger.
She's one of 3 amazing guests on Arcx podcast!
Find out more and listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/
She's one of 3 amazing guests on Arcx podcast!
Find out more and listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/
September 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Rashmi Devadasan is the author of Kumari Loves a Monster and her short stories were part of an anthology titled Strange Worlds! Strange Times! Amazing Sci-Fi Stories, published by Speaking Tiger.
She's one of 3 amazing guests on Arcx podcast!
Find out more and listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/
She's one of 3 amazing guests on Arcx podcast!
Find out more and listen here: darknlight.com/podcast/
Three amazing guests on the latest episode of #ArcxPodcast: Rakesh Khanna and Rashmi Devadasan of @blaft.bsky.social and R.T Samuel, the editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Cast SF.
Catch their conversation with host Anjali Alappat here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch their conversation with host Anjali Alappat here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
September 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Three amazing guests on the latest episode of #ArcxPodcast: Rakesh Khanna and Rashmi Devadasan of @blaft.bsky.social and R.T Samuel, the editor of The Blaft Book of Anti-Cast SF.
Catch their conversation with host Anjali Alappat here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
Catch their conversation with host Anjali Alappat here: open.spotify.com/episode/41aW...
More from our latest newsletter The Ripple here darknlight.substack.com/p/a-window-t...
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 AM
More from our latest newsletter The Ripple here darknlight.substack.com/p/a-window-t...