interdome:[”Their Future is Not Our Future,” Problem Glyphs, by Eliza Gauger, image courtesy of the

interdome:[”Their Future is Not Our Future,” Problem Glyphs, by Eliza Gauger, image courtesy of the artist.]The symbols do not exist in a dusty tome, secret knowledge only for adepts. They come to life in the Glyphs as Gauger imbues her artistic work. She describes this work, not unfamiliar to any artist or researcher, in the language of magic:“Generally the amount of effort or sacrifice one makes for any given spell is supposed to be roughly proportional to its success, right? Big prayers require big sacrifices. And that’s always been part of being the local witch, is that you do the legwork for your client. Any freelancer totally understands that dynamic. Drawing something is a form of magic, you’re summoning form from void, and you’re doing it with skills very few others have access to. So at the end of the “ritual” (drawing), I have proof that I did the ritual, which is the problem glyph itself. It’s like a receipt that I focused on this person’s problem for them for however many hours, and applied my skillset and experience to it.”Conjuring the Internet: Art and Contemporary Magic -- source link

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