Fuhou / 枯毫
書名：《史後生物》｜作者：枯毫｜編輯：枯毫、Harrison Wong
設計：Harrison Wong
協力：關天林、楊喜盈｜出版社：水煮魚文化｜尺寸：148 x 210 mm
頁數：250頁
無論是枯毫的文字，還是書籍的設計、用紙，都毫不節約。 將本書攞上手，攤開書皮，最明顯是「史後生物」四字大標題扣死書脊，物理上、概念上都當為此書的骨幹。標題橫跨底面脊三版， 唯有當你攤開書本，才可以 一窺活過史前史後那個生物的全貌。攤開後你發覺封底清空， 向左過渡到封面，時間線推展到紙邊，數碼恐龍在時間崖邊，面向索書碼和魚肉的引誘，跳，還是不跳 ？ 於是索書成為索命，詩人成為自己血肉的秤砣。
Every element of the book — from the sparse, deliberate text to the choice of paper — is uncompromising. In hand, the most immediate feature is the bold title “Post-historical Creature”, locked firmly across the spine. It serves as both the physical hinge of the book and the conceptual backbone of the work. The title spans the back cover, spine, and front cover as a continuous visual band. Only when the book is fully opened does the entire creature, straddling prehistory and post-history, reveal itself.
On the opened cover, the back is left bare, flowing seamlessly into the front; a printed timeline runs to the edge of the page. At its limit, a digital dinosaur stands on the cliff of time, confronted by a library call number and the bait of flesh — a quiet question: jump, or not?
Here, cataloguing becomes an act of sentencing; the poet, the counterweight of their own body.
Artist Talk with Fuhou, at Lemna of The Alchemist, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, July, 2022
