8pp, 2 colour printing, red + green coloured gels

Overview

Prismatics is an epistolary experiment. Eight letters, sent over the course of a few weeks, detail the splitting of one person into two and the conflict that brews between them. Each letter has two colour passes printed on the page, forming an unreadable jumble of letters. In order to decipher it the reader must use the enclosed coloured acetates, which filter out one of the two colours.

Background

This was not an easy piece to write. I knew what I wanted to do from a technical point of view - have two stories occupy the same space - but finding the appropriate story and tone took a while. A lot of my work is about finding the right combination of narrative and form. Often, I have one but not the other. The frustration in not being able to move forward found its way into the text - half of it, at least - and the clash between the two became the central tension running throughout the story.