Chris Cutrone

Chris Cutrone is a college educator, writer, and media artist, committed to critical thinking and artistic practice and the politics of social emancipation. ( . . . )

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Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on socialist strategy and criticism, theory, practice in socialist approaches to art

Chris Cutrone continues his discussion with Doug Lain on the Campaign for a socialist party and his call for “Socialist unity!” published in Sublation. In the second half, they discuss the difference and relation between theory, practice and criticism in socialist approaches to art.

https://www.sublationmag.com/post/socialist-unity

Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory 2025 predictions and “common sense” socialism

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Chris Cutrone discusses with Doug Lain Immanuel Wallerstein’s “World Systems Theory” 1996 predictions about 2025 and how they have or have not come true. In the second half, they discuss the idea of “common sense socialism” and its relation to Marxist theory, the question of practice, and philosophy.

Sublation The Last Election film test screening discussion at NYU (audio recording)

Discussion at New York University by the producers and principal interviewers after a test screening of Sublation Media Douglas Lain’s documentary film The Last Election (2025), on the 2024 U.S. Presidential and general election through coverage of the major political party conventions and protests in Milwaukee and Chicago. Discussants include producers Chris Cutrone and Edward Remus, interviewers Benjamin Studebaker and Wyatt Verlen, and director Doug Lain.Â