{"product_id":"the-neon-hieroglyph-hardcover","title":"The Neon Hieroglyph - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTai Shani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eCaspar Heinemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA series of painterly and poetic considerations on a feminized history of the rye fungus Ergot, the chemical basis of LSD from the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Fatal Magic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the cellular to the galactic, via Paleolithic cave markings to the trace impressions left by drone photography on our mind's eye, incorporating dancing plagues, communist psychedelic witches, hyper-sexual fungi, chthonic descents, and skyward ascents, \u003ci\u003eThe Neon Hieroglyph\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together a series of painterly and poetic considerations on a feminized history of the rye fungus Ergot, the chemical basis of LSD. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Neon Hieroglyph\u003c\/i\u003e constructs a house of lyrical reflections for our ghosts to inhabit, a place where the gothic and the hallucinatory collide, where gothic affect and fractal dread form a mausoleum for psychedelic specters. And also the Sun! The Sun is a ghost that haunts the night! Framed with new essays by artist and writer Caspar Heinemann and anthropologist Amy Hale, Tai Shani's \u003ci\u003eThe Neon Hieroglyph\u003c\/i\u003e continues a journey into the post-patriarchal fictions that animated her first collection \u003ci\u003eOur Fatal Magic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTai Shani is a Tutor in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art. Shani's multidisciplinary practice, comprising performance, film, photography, and installation, revolves around experimental narrative texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmy Hale is an anthropologist who specializes in contemporary occult and Pagan history, religions, and culture in the United States and the United Kingdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaspar Heinemann is a poet, artist, and academia-adjacent independent researcher based in London and Berlin. His research interests include critical mysticism, gay biosemiotics, illegitimate communisms, and professional irreverence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767299834144,"sku":"9781913689490","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ac204da43a528a432c784ecc50bbfb4.webp?v=1780308629","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-neon-hieroglyph-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}