Curator's Journal

The Awhisker archive encountered the works of 犬喜（Inuki）and 尤里_yoori（Yoori）in a gallery before it encountered them in a catalog. A field report on dark art sculpture from the Crime & Punishment series — eyes, ruffles, chains, and the objects that were already looking.

Excavation log and containment record for The Thorned Harlequin No.002 — Act II of The Grotesque Troupe Effigies. Radiant thorn crown, rose detail, visceral splatter. Artisan-sculpted stone clay by The Pustule Moth.

Excavation log and containment record for The Mourning Mime No.005 — Act V of The Grotesque Troupe Effigies. Tumorous cranium, severed arm, red cysts migrating to the feet. The Troupe’s final and most advanced pathology.

Excavation log and containment record for The Pestilence Mummer No.004 — Act IV of The Grotesque Troupe Effigies. No arms. Wings. The balloon held anyway. Artisan-sculpted stone clay by The Pustule Moth.

Excavation log and containment record for The Abyssal Jester No.003 — Act III of The Grotesque Troupe Effigies. Four arms, stem cranium, visceral apple offering. Artisan-sculpted stone clay by The Pustule Moth.

Excavation log and containment record for The Wounded Pierrot No.001 — Act I of The Grotesque Troupe Effigies. Bisected cranium, melting luminary, visceral splatter. Artisan-sculpted stone clay by The Pustule Moth.

A clock made of conch shell eyes arranged in a circle, each at a different stage of opening. The hand points. The eyes open. Time passes differently here.

Every eye on a birch tree is a wound that learned to see. A field report on the botanical inspiration behind the Crime & Punishment series — lenticels, lover’s tears, and the concentric rings of lost branches.