All Incomplete

Building on the ideas Harney and Moten developed in The Undercommons, All Incomplete extends the critical investigation of logistics, individuation and sovereignty. It reflects their chances to travel, listen and deepen their commitment to and claim upon partiality.



All Incomplete studies the history of a preference for the force and ground and underground of social existence. Engaging a vibrant constellation of thought that includes the work of Amilcar Cabral, Erica Edwards, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Cedric Robinson, Walter Rodney, Hortense Spillers and many others, Harney and Moten seek to share and understand that preference.



In so doing, Moten and Harney hope to have forged what Manolo Callahan, echoing Ivan Illich, calls a convivial tool that - despite the temptation to improve and demand, develop and govern, separate and grasp - helps us renew our habits of assembly.



All Incomplete features the work of award winning photographer Zun Lee, exploring and celebrating the everyday spaces of Black sociality, intimacy, belonging, and insurgency, and a preface by Denise Ferreira da Silva.

Stefano Harney is co-author of The Undercommons and teaches at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Fred Moten is co-author of The Undercommons, and teaches at New York University.

Zun Lee carves out communal spaces where Black storytelling can thrive. He often makes photographs to remind him how to be grateful. He tends to forget often.

Denise Ferreira da Silva teaches at the University of British Columbia and is a member of Coletiva (EhChO.org).