“It started in a nearly imperceptible way, when I was sitting at my desk on a quiet Saturday morning: I noticed, almost incidentally, a tiny black dot in the corner of my right eye. But slowly, over the next hour, the dot became a blob, and the blob grew and broke apart, and it streamed and swirled and spilled into my eye like it was an estuary. […] Six weeks after I noticed the small blob in the corner of my eye, a long and elaborate surgery restored my sight, During the 23 days when my vision was compromised, I made over a hundred drawings and watercolors. They were originally meant to document what was happening—and were also motivated out of disbelief about what I was seeing—and my inability to describe the experience with words. Afrer the surgery, I made a few more drawings, then stopped. It was all over, I thought. Or maybe it was really just beginning.”

Published in conjunction with the exhibition When Things Fall Apart by Joseph Grigely & Amy Vogel at Prats Nogueras Blanchard in Madrid, from November 16, 2024 — January 18th, 2025.

With thanks to Tess Davey, Pierre Von Ow, Dr. Alice Lyon, Florence Bonnefous, Rebeca Blanchard, Charles Asprey and the fine folks at Picpus, Evan Fusco, Amy Vogel, and Girma Grigely.

6 × 4.5 in.
Folds out to poster and essay.
Printed in an edition of 1500.