Deviant Matter: Ferment, Intoxicants, Jelly, Rot

by Kyla Wazana Tompkins

How deviant materials figure resistance

Yeast ferments, gelatin jiggles, drugs and alcohol froth and bubble, and flesh from animals and plants actively molds and rots. These materials morph through multiple states and phases, and their movement is imbued with a liveliness that is suggestive of volition.

Deviant Matter examines four aesthetic and material categories-- gelatinousness, fermentation, putrefaction, and intoxication--to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479819204
• ISBN13: 9781479819201
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages