Description

These stories draw on historical ideas of human connection and the performativity of bodies within them. Alongside playful allusions to the psychoanalytic relation, the theatrics of hypnosis, and animal magnetism, the writing draws on an early modern belief that ‘vision rays’ from our eyes could carry spirits transmitted through blood vapours into another’s eyes, producing an infectious and affective theatre of relational bodies.

This book was developed alongside a series of paintings, a moving image work and a live performance for an exhibition of the same title, commissioned by Fruitmarket and held in Edinburgh in 2025. Please see May, The glass, and the painting page for more.

Construction: Individually hand-torn front cover paper with a dappled texture formed in production with a ‘pisser’, laser printed interior pages on smooth 90gsm uncoated acid-free Munken, cord embossed azure blue back cover, bound with dark green and slate blue board and black book posts.