Sam Winston

Bōc

Bōc

This her­met­i­cal­ly sealed pair of books, Bōc and Occip­i­tal Draw­ings, con­tain nev­er-to-be-seen draw­ings and texts that were con­ceived dur­ing a month long dark­ness residency. 

Bōc takes its name from the Old Eng­lish word for ​‘book’. The writ­ten text explores themes of the fail­ure of lan­guage and that which lit­er­a­ture can­not con­vey. Before open­ing the Bōc box, Sam Win­ston invites read­ers to explore the con­tents blind­fold­ed. Win­ston spent a month liv­ing, writ­ing and draw­ing in com­plete blackout. 

Occip­i­tal Draw­ings refers to the occip­i­tal lobe, the visu­al pro­cess­ing cen­tre of the brain that is respon­si­ble for both real and imag­ined images. Sealed inside this book is a series of draw­ings and visu­al­i­sa­tion exer­cis­es explor­ing how we asso­ciate and remem­ber colour.

Bound in alum-tawed goatskin with two round­ed spines and sewn­silk head­bands. Sur­round­ing the book is a print­ed draw­ing, also cre­at­ed in black­out, print­ed on hand-fin­ished Hab­o­tai silk.

Unique, 1⁄1

Hand­bound at Book Works, London

Arc Edi­tions, 2019 ©