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oapen-20.500.12657-238042024-03-22T19:23:08Z Imperial Physique Phrydas, JH queer studies LGBT studies cruising writing desire sexuality theory fiction thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PS Relating to LGBTQ+ people::5PSG Relating to gay people thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSJ LGBTQ+ Studies / topics "In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral – the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness – and underlying verve – of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of – and longing for – touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame." 2019-11-14 23:55 2020-01-23 14:09:07 2020-04-01T09:29:36Z 2020-04-01T09:29:36Z 2019 book 1006335 OCN: 1135845484 9781950192540 9781950192533 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23804 eng application/pdf n/a 0268.1.00.pdf punctum books 10.21983/P3.0268.1.00 10.21983/P3.0268.1.00 979dc044-00ee-4ea2-affc-b08c5bd42d13 9781950192540 9781950192533 ScholarLed 158 Brooklyn, NY open access
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"In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral – the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing.
Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness – and underlying verve – of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of – and longing for – touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame."
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