◇ After
The Birds (attack sequence / advertising imagery) · Alfred Hitchcock, dir., 1963
One figure in profile, head bowed, arms clamped across the chest while red birds mob it from every side. Talons and beaks in the long orange hair, feathers coming loose.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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