Introduction Paul Smith; Foreword Jean-Louis Schefer; 1. Split Colour/Blur; 2. On the object of figuration; 3. Thanatography/skiagraphy; 4. The plague; 5. Light and its prey; 6. Someone writing; 7. Roland Barthes; 8. Cinema; 9. On La Jetée; 10. Cy Twombly: uncertainty principle; 11. What are red things?; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.