Imperial Physique
JH Phrydas · 2019
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About the book
"In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral ? the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness ? and underlying verve ? of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of ? and longing for ? touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame."
Book details
- Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- punctum books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 158
- ISBN
- 9781950192533
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