VY-SHUN · .NOT FASHION
The Gospel
Thirty relics. Six books. Each piece keeps its number; the books are the order of the faith.
Thirty verses, one for each piece. This is the written half of VY-SHUN. The wearable five are Collection 001.
I
Genesis
The break, the sight, the world you were handed.
II
The Machine
Control, money, processing, surveillance. The system as concrete.
- 04 Processed A brushed-steel morgue toe-tag. Engraved: PRODUCT: HUMAN / CAUSE OF DEATH: EXPOSURE.
- 05 Overpriced A price tag. Engraved: OVERPRICED ON PURPOSE / £1,000,000 / YOU PAID FOR THE IDEA.
- 03 Dead Weight A chrome padlock on a heavy chain.
- 18 The Deal A chrome bear trap.
- 28 Blood Money A chrome money sack, chrome drawstring, the dollar sign in red.
- 29 Strings A suited man with a briefcase. A giant hand above. Strings between.
- 22 Winner A chrome rat. No crown.
- 21 Rent Free A chrome brain.
- 26 Free Air A chrome twin-filter respirator.
- 09 CCTV A chrome surveillance camera.
III
The Body
Mortality, vanity, time. Memento mori.
- 15 Ossuary A chrome skull, red eyes burning in the sockets.
- 16 False A blank frame. The piece is withheld.
- 20 Backbone A chrome skull crowning a full spine.
- 17 Freehold A polished chrome toe-pincher coffin. Engraved: FREEHOLD.
- 24 Dead on Arrival A chrome long-stem rose with a single red drop.
- 27 Borrowed Time A serpent-wrapped hourglass, the sand glowing red.
IV
The Faith
The sacred-dark. Relics, devotion, the wound made holy.
- 10 Martyr A blackened dagger-cross, onyx at the core.
- 11 Sacred Heart A thorned, flaming chrome heart.
- 13 Communion A chrome chalice of blood.
- 14 Relic An engraved cross, a ruby bezel-set at the crossing.
- 12 Ouroboros A serpent ring devouring its own tail, red-eyed.
- 06 Barbed A twisted barbed-wire choker.
V
The Creatures
Predators and omens. The nature of the world, unmasked.
VI
The Defiance
The refusal. The signature. The self.
Concrete can't kill a weed.