[no title: p. 251] 1970

Curator: Here we have a piece by Esq Tom Phillips from his work "A Humument," an altered book project, with this particular page being number 251. Editor: My first impression is that it feels fragmented, like a puzzle assembled from suggestive, provocative phrases set against a calm blue backdrop. Curator: Phillips takes an existing Victorian novel and transforms it through selective erasure and collage, highlighting certain words. Notice how the isolated phrases conjure a narrative of aging and perhaps moral ambiguity. Editor: Absolutely. There’s a definite tension between the formal, almost clinical presentation and the suggestive, even lurid, snippets of text. "Balls of a monstrous moment," indeed. How does this erasure then function within the history of marginalized voices? Curator: These snippets unlock cultural memories linked to societal norms around gender and power. Editor: In a way, Phillips creates space to reflect on the cultural weight of these norms by making them visible through fragmentation. Curator: Indeed, the symbolic resonance lies in both the visibility and the absence. Editor: It leaves us pondering what has been erased and why.