Speculation, now : essays and artwork / edited by Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao ; with Prem Krishnamurthy & Carin Kuoni.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Carin Kuoni -- Speculation, now / Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao -- Design notes / Prem Krishnamurthy -- Visible and invisible sides of reproduction / Boris Groys -- Dreams, magic, and mirrors : more histories of extraversion and speculation in Central Africa / Filip De Boeck -- Hedge/hog : speculative action in financial markets / Satya Pemmaraju -- Models / Josiah McElheny -- Verification / Iddo Tavory -- The contemporary / Katherine Carl -- Witchcraft : magic, risk, uncertainty and innovation / Peter Geschiere -- Mirroring / Luke Fowler -- Speculative hedging / Kenan Halabi -- Preface to the third edition / Walid Raad -- The ethics of deep time / Trevor Paglen -- Colors, patterns, fabric, and trim : fast-fashion families in downtown L.A. / Christina Moon -- Synchronicities / Sherene Schostak -- Addressing racial inequality in a post-racial America / Darrick Hamilton & William Darity, Jr. -- Exception, the state of / Chen Tamir -- Obfuscation / Orit Halpern -- Risk / Larissa Harris -- Models / David Reinfurt -- -- Unlikeness / MacKenzie Wark -- Trading markets / Byron Tucker -- Withdrawal / Graham Harman -- Credit / Dushko Petrovich -- Insurance / Elka Krajewska -- States of half-knowledge : the economy of reading / Marysia Lewandowska -- Infrastructure / Nader Vossoughian -- Psychics special/Lin + Lam -- Speculation, remittances, and migration / Laura Kurgan -- Diary : towards an architecture of Balkanization / Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss -- Image : visual speculation and political change / Victoria Hattam -- Prototype / Benjamin Aranda -- Stability/instability / Smudge Studio -- Broken promises, or a Quick sketch of the prototype / Jamer Hunt -- Ruin / Beth Stryker -- Models / Brian McGrath -- Neglect / Reem Fadda -- Consequences in the modern economy / Mary Poovey -- On the matter of change : three scenes of collective action / Robert Sember -- Specular spying / Lize Mogel -- Night thoughts : unintended The Barzakh of the image and the speculative scene of possession / Stefania Pandolfo -- Risk / Holland Cotter -- Toxic debt / Dushko Petrovich -- Investment / Ozge Ersoy -- Gambling / Elizabeth Thomas -- Intentional failure / Hakan Topal -- Shadow world / Metahaven -- Fortuitous / Aleksandra Wagner -- Hallucination / Nicolas Langlitz -- Hallucination / Joachim Koester -- Maybe / Sarah Oppenheimer -- Taking a trip : a wide ranging interview with Gary Lincoff / Gary Lincoff -- The paradox of beginnings / Angie Keefer & Lucy Skaer -- Title TK / Arjun Appadurai -- Title TK / Hans Haacke -- Speculation, now : the expanded field.