Jonah King
@jonah-king.bsky.social
💎 moving images, extending realities.
Artist & Filmmaker
Assistant Professor of Interactive Digital Media at Stevens Institute
Honey Fungus VR >> World Premiere @SXSW 25
www.jonahking.com
Artist & Filmmaker
Assistant Professor of Interactive Digital Media at Stevens Institute
Honey Fungus VR >> World Premiere @SXSW 25
www.jonahking.com
Not because it points to a clear future, but because it shows, with devastating clarity, how little of one exists.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not because it points to a clear future, but because it shows, with devastating clarity, how little of one exists.
So why are so many ypeople identifying with Palestine? Because it exposes the unbearable reality of the present.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So why are so many ypeople identifying with Palestine? Because it exposes the unbearable reality of the present.
Internationalism, once the backbone of global solidarity, is gone. And what’s replaced it? Grief. Anger. Disorientation.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Internationalism, once the backbone of global solidarity, is gone. And what’s replaced it? Grief. Anger. Disorientation.
We support Palestinian resistance because it is right to resist oppression. But we do so without any belief that what follows will be just, liberatory, or transformative.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We support Palestinian resistance because it is right to resist oppression. But we do so without any belief that what follows will be just, liberatory, or transformative.
Today, there is no such alignment. Hamas, Hezbollah, Arab nationalism — none of these represent a future worth building toward.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Today, there is no such alignment. Hamas, Hezbollah, Arab nationalism — none of these represent a future worth building toward.
In the past, protest was often tied to a vision. Anti-Vietnam War movements aligned with the Vietcong, imagining a post-colonial, socialist future. That vision may have been flawed — but it existed.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In the past, protest was often tied to a vision. Anti-Vietnam War movements aligned with the Vietcong, imagining a post-colonial, socialist future. That vision may have been flawed — but it existed.
Beneath the chants and solidarity lies a strategic vacuum. This movement, for all its energy, lacks a political horizon.
June 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Beneath the chants and solidarity lies a strategic vacuum. This movement, for all its energy, lacks a political horizon.
(thoughts inspired by Bifo Berardi's new book, Quit Everything
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
(thoughts inspired by Bifo Berardi's new book, Quit Everything
Not because it points to a clear future, but because it shows, with devastating clarity, how little of one exists.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not because it points to a clear future, but because it shows, with devastating clarity, how little of one exists.
So why are so many people identifying with Palestine? Because it exposes the unbearable reality of the present.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
So why are so many people identifying with Palestine? Because it exposes the unbearable reality of the present.
Internationalism, once the backbone of global solidarity, is gone. And what’s replaced it? Grief. Anger. Disorientation.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Internationalism, once the backbone of global solidarity, is gone. And what’s replaced it? Grief. Anger. Disorientation.
We support Palestinian resistance because it is right to resist oppression. But we do so without any belief that what follows will be just, liberatory, or transformative.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We support Palestinian resistance because it is right to resist oppression. But we do so without any belief that what follows will be just, liberatory, or transformative.
Today, there is no such alignment. Hamas, Hezbollah, Arab nationalism — none of these represent a future worth building toward.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today, there is no such alignment. Hamas, Hezbollah, Arab nationalism — none of these represent a future worth building toward.
In the past, protest was often tied to a vision. Anti-Vietnam War movements aligned with the Vietcong, imagining a post-colonial, socialist future. That vision may have been flawed — but it existed.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In the past, protest was often tied to a vision. Anti-Vietnam War movements aligned with the Vietcong, imagining a post-colonial, socialist future. That vision may have been flawed — but it existed.
But beneath the chants and solidarity lies a strategic vacuum. This movement, for all its energy, lacks a political horizon.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
But beneath the chants and solidarity lies a strategic vacuum. This movement, for all its energy, lacks a political horizon.