Editorials

Editorials

Visual essays, research and stories behind the work.

Visual essays, research and stories behind the work.

Seven scenes · 1347–2025

Die to Be Born

A short history of how we learned to live with death. Seven scenes, from initiation rites to Disney’s cemetery and Sartre’s locked room.

A short history of how we learned to live with death. Seven scenes, from initiation rites to Disney’s cemetery and Sartre’s locked room.

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Eight chapters · Propp to The Witcher

By Your Own Will, or by Need?

By Your Own Will, or by Need?

Propp, Baba Yaga and the initiation hidden in the Russian wonder tale. An editorial accompanying the Fairytale Characters sculptures.

Propp, Baba Yaga and the initiation hidden in the Russian wonder tale. An editorial accompanying the Fairytale Characters sculptures.

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Four chapters · Laocoön, Lucia, Sebastian

Serpents, Eyes, Arrows

Serpents, Eyes, Arrows

A painted saint is recognised by what was done to them. Three bodies, three attributes — and what happens to them when they move onto a screen.

A painted saint is recognised by what was done to them. Three bodies, three attributes — and what happens to them when they move onto a screen.

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Six chapters · Glenn Gould and his chair

The Chair, the Pianist and Bach

The Chair, the Pianist and Bach

Glenn Gould’s fourteen-inch chair, and a whole way of playing Bach folded into it. The essay behind the Bach / Foil Studies posters.

Glenn Gould’s fourteen-inch chair, and a whole way of playing Bach folded into it. The essay behind the Bach / Foil Studies posters.

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Three chapters · April, May, December

Three Dates, Three Stories

Three overlooked dates, three investigations: a pistol and a nose, a wrong resistor, eleven missing days. The research behind the Date / History in Motion calendar.

Three overlooked dates, three investigations: a pistol and a nose, a wrong resistor, eleven missing days. The research behind the Date / History in Motion calendar.

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