All the Octopi

Images

Sep 30

I came across Mercurius on Twitter and was impressed by what the magazine is doing in terms of exploring the avant-garde in the age of climate change and capitalism in crisis.

These visual poems, which sit on a line between facts and aesthetics, celebrate octopuses. The text, consisting of a list of the common names of all octopi, is repeated and fractured and then images and colours are layered on. The process is more intuitive than deliberate, with accidents and random configurations contributing to the creative process.

Katy Wimhurst

Katy Wimhurst’s first collection of short stories, Snapshots of the Apocalypse, is published by Fly on the Wall Press. Her fiction has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including The Guardian, Writers’ Forum, Cafe Irreal, Magic Oxygen Literary Prize, and ShooterLit. Her visual poems have appeared in magazines like 3AM, Ric Journal, Steel Incisors, The Babel Tower Notice Board, Dreampop Press, and Mercurius. Her first book of visual poems will be published in 2023 by Trickhouse Press.

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