Digital Relic

In gazing at, kissing or stroking these pages, the beholder is wholly in the wound of Christ. There is nothing but blood on the page; all external referents have been eliminated. […] In touching a representation of the wound, the devotee’s fingers imaginatively penetrated the threshold of Christ’s flesh in haptic imitation of Thomas the apostle: “Put in thy finger hither, and see my hands; and bring hither thyhand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing” (John 20:27).

Koza, a goat with a movable jaw, carried by Polish carolers. Village of Łowiczek, region of Dobrzyń Land (northern Poland), c. 1910. Source: nasze.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl

Transplants (2020)

(1965). Leather. Guild Press.

In the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, the oldest carnival costumes incorporate animal skulls and bones—symbols of strength, protection, and connection with natural cycles. Each mask brings to life characters that blend myth, ritual, and ancestral memory.