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A collection of texts (in French) about Bruno Botella’s research and the hallucinogenic modelling clay he invented in 2012.
“Qotrob is a word that has long haunted Arabic and Persian medical literature. While it indicates a pathology specific to a patient suffering from lycanthropy, its murky etymology does not have the solidity of the semantic apparatus of physicians of the time. Its diverse origins draw on Greek, Egyptian, Arabic, and Persian. It sometimes designates a naked wolf, a male ghoul, or an insect that is constantly and relentlessly stirring on the surface of stagnant waters. It can also mean a species of owl or a small nocturnal rodent, but also a plant whose bark glows at night. It is also the name given to a hallucinogenic modelling clay that I concocted in 2012 after reading the article ‘Qotrob: Lycanthropy in Persian Medical Literature’ by Bertrand Thierry de Crussol des Épesse, which appears in its entirety at the beginning of this book.”
Bruno Botella, extract from the preface of Qotrob.
Book in French.
224 pages. 2 illustrations. Format: 116 × 186 mm. Otabind binding.
Published by Can (Centre d’Art Neuchâtel) and Catalogue Général.
With texts by Bruno Botella, Bertrand Thierry de Crussol des Épesses, and Daniel Heller-Roazen. Graphic design: Catalogue Général.
ISBN: 979-10-92677-04-1. Published in February 2017.