Shadow Plays’ themes of the absent subject and the darkness in human history resonate strongly with the art and texts as follows: Celina Jeffery considers Black Holes by artists Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Sheila Petty provides an overview of artist Kara Walker; Dot Tuer on Fidel Castro; John Berger excerpt from his essay Portrait of a Masked Man; Jocelyne Alloucherie, Manon De Pauw, Diane Landry, Leah Modigliani, Sarah Munro, Elena Potter, Amanda Rataj, Regina Silveria and Prensa Latina.