The Theme
Leakage reveals cracks and holes; it signifies porosity, the transgression of a boundary, and a rebuke to fantasies of closure and containment. Unlike a sudden spill or a violent burst, leaks are sites of a slow and steady subversion. They corrode and accumulate over time, calling for a reckoning with temporalities of latency and a readjustment of perceptual scales. Leaks are evidence of hidden complexity and unacknowledged others, both human and nonhuman. They draw attention to the material unconscious, submerged histories, and enabling conditions of cities, bodies, ecologies, technologies, and social systems.