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.