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Where Does it All Come From? vimeo.com/842441405
Avoiding Blake: y2u.be/4KmsX7-O7Yg
Cast Squid: y2u.be/28A2u0IMF6E
(L) THE CONJUROR - Hieronymus Bosch
(R) ANOTHER CONJUROR'S TABLE - Brian Catling RA
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Brian Catling's contribution to The William Blake Birthday Book (2007), on occasion of the visionary's 265th birthday

"'The Flea' is part of my recent retellings of Blake’s horrible vision (it is his dark imagination that spurs me on) those terrible visions that crawl...
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The website to Etruscan Books, run by Nicholas Johnson and publisher of B Catling's A Court of Miracles and Bobby Awl, appears off. The press does not appear on the Small Publishers Fair list either. etruscanbooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Many happy returns to the Warlock Activist of Northampton, whose recent work include Illuminations, The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic (with Steve Moore), donating towards TWO community hubs, and The Great When, first in The Long London Quintet series.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Whitechapel Attic
Brian Catling RA
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Moonish On Gold
Brian Catling RA
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This main character on cover of Ben Wickey's MORE WEIGHT has me in the region of familiar-face-I-can't-place. Am I just seeing things?
November 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"But it's a grafter's world, my son."

Breaking our usual coverage of all things Vorrh to offer this pic & the above quote to the only other person I know here who might get the joke @sardonicus.eu
October 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Brian Catling RA, born OTD. A successful sculptor, writer, poet, performer, painter & teacher, he left his mark in each of those areas and a legacy constantly ripe for rediscovery. 📸Anne-Katrin Purkiss
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
HAVE YOU SEE THIS CAT?
Last seen snaking between a pair of stockinged legs.
Has fleas.

#Earwig #BCatling
September 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Brian Catling
The Disciples (2000)
From Small Acts: Performance, The Millennium and The Making of Time
September 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Remembering Brian Catling, who passed away on this day three years ago.
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"'At its core [of Elective Affinities] lies the thought of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772), whose philosophy of correspondences proposed a resonance between objects, places and events and our thoughts and affections."'

Featuring the work of Brian Catling RA.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Cover to LA MONTAÑA HUECA, the Spanish edition of B. Catling's HOLLOW, which will be out October 8th from Aristas Martinez

Cover design: Xavi Forné (IG: errordesign)
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A shot from NEIGH, Brian Catling's performance at the Horse Hospital, Feb 2020
September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Some good stuff from the X
September 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Kammer Scape - detail
September 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Kammer Scape
Brian Catling RA
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Brian Catling RA
📸 Linda Nylind
September 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Dawn West Dusk East
Watch designed by Brian Catling in 2010 with @mrjoneswatches.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Merrick's Bedroom
Brian Catling RA
Laser engraving on wood with ink
September 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Forgot the GIFs don't work here, so:
August 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Brian Catling as the Object in Nathaniel Mellors's OURHOUSE series (2010)
August 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cyclops
Brian Catling RA
August 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
19th century death mask of Edinburgh 'idiot' Robert Kirkwood or "Bobby Awl"
August 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM