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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Four years to the day since we lost a GIANT. To those labouring in the shadow of his GHOST may your gardens grow wild. (📷 still from Catling and Tolley's COINER, which I worried to be in bad taste for such a post, but there you go.)

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Strong Catling vibes going on this month. Ahead of Thursday's paperback release of A Mystery of Remnant at @swedenborghouse.bsky.social where THAT LARGE GHOST runs until July 17th, Catling Young (James Young + Brian Catling) releases The Prophet's Garden: catling-young.bandcamp.com/track/the-pr...

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The Prophet's Garden, by Catling Young

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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The Prophet's Garden, by Catling Young

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Ian Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I am useless as London art guide these days. There is a small show of Brian Catling's paintings at Swedenborg House, to 17 July. Include a reel of assorted film and video: early silent films, videos of performances from the European circuit he was part of. @swedenborghouse.bsky.social #BrianCatling

Catling, bearded, suited, in dark glasses, in a white room in a stucco terraced street -- view of balcony and street through the window. (W London?). Soda syphon on the table. Still from an enigmatic early film.

Tempera painting, 'UFO'. Lozenge shape UFO casting shadow on what nay be a country road or track. Suggestions of picket fencing. Disc of moon or more likely sun slightloy interrupting/running over the UFO.

'Cards' -- no info about these really. Resin? They appeared to have been worked, filed and polished. Irregular shaped black rectangles like playing cards, with varied arrangements of white or transparent discs set into them, some are like constellations. Raw linen bag for carrying them. Resemblance to Bronze age type markings.

'Mermanic'. Still from a video of outdoor performance somewhere in Scandinavia. Catling carrying mer-man type thing. Jointed wooden figure with fish tails. Four white children look on from behind him.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If you're in London on Thursday, 9 July, there will be a launch for the paperback edition of B. Catling's A MYSTERY OF REMNANT, with Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees. Details: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/paper...

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PAPERBACK LAUNCH: A MYSTERY OF REMNANT, w/ IAIN SINCLAIR & VICTOR REES - Swedenborg Society

PAPERBACK LAUNCH: A MYSTERY OF REMNANT, w/ IAIN SINCLAIR & VICTOR REES

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Some absolute beauties (& rare) turning up on Abebooks here

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Vorrh by Brian Catling It is the first book of a trilogy, so technically a series… but also the first one is the best and in theory you could stop there. It’s really, really good. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/248404...

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The Vorrh by B. Catling | Penguin Random House Canada

An invigorating, ground-breaking, visionary work of literary fantasy that challenges the conventions of the genre, creating something wholly new. Prepare to lose yourself in the heady, mythical expans...

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The Art of Cosmic Terror: John Coulthart on Magick, Occult Diagrams and Impossible Cities A great interview here with John Coulthart, an artist with whom we've had the pleasure of working on a number of projects. And another currently in the works. Enjoy! retrofuturista.com/john-coultha...

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The Art of Cosmic Terror: John Coulthart on Magick, Occult Diagrams and Impossible Cities - RetroFuturista

John Coulthart on illustrating Lovecraft, designing Alan Moore's magic book, AI slop, two unpublished novels, and twenty years of Feuilleton.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ghost Barn USA Brian Catling RA 12x12in

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Mr Rapehead Brian Catling RA From the ICA Live Weekend, May 2010

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A MYSTERY OF REMNANT by B. Catling is now available in paperback. There are still a few copies of the limited hardback edition too. Both editions are available here: swanriverpress.ie/srp-title/a-...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Image: Brian Catling RA, UFO, date unknown (2000-2022). Egg tempera, 23 x 21 x 2 cm. Courtesy the Catling Estate and Matt’s Gallery, London.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

DON'T MISS! Our current exhibition 'That Large Ghost'. Selected egg tempera works by Brian Catling. Curated by Jack Catling. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 12pm-5pm until Friday 17 July 2026: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/that-...

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THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING - Swedenborg Society

THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"..solo exhibition of egg tempera paintings by Brian Catling RA (1948–2022), bringing together a selection of paintings from the final decades of Catling’s life which inscribe his sustained interest in image-making." ‘THAT LARGE GHOST’ at Swedenborg House Gallery 19 June–17 July shorturl.at/BpoLA

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THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING - Swedenborg Society

THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ghost Farm Angel (2020) Brian Catling RA

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black_ops @black-ops.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today at @swedenborghouse.bsky.social beautiful selection of egg tempera paintings by Brian Catling.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Ghost Farm Angel (2020) Brian Catling RA

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

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THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING - Swedenborg Society

THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Waking Ruin (2000-2022) Brian Catling Egg tempera, iridescent ink and gold leaf on panel 34 x 47 x 3.5 cm

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Three of Brian Catling's paintings are now on show as part of 'Rhizome' at Corpus Gallery. www.corpus-gallery.com/exhibitions/...

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Graham🐝 @grahamthings.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Earwig (2021) d. Lucile Hadzihalilovic Love this film so I had to read the source novel by B. Catling which I also enjoyed... #FilmandBook an occasional series...

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Eleanor Crook @eleanorcrook.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Reading in here about Brian Catling , Vernon Watkins, Ceri Richards. Poets and a furious attempt to bring them back from death through place.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Two pieces by Allan Wexler: Adam's House in Paradise and Shelter (2014) "With thin plywood and white museum board I’ve solidified the spaces between branches creating architectural forms reminiscent of man’s first structures in Paradise as well as the groin-vaulted ceiling of a gothic cathedral."

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Adam's House in Paradise Laser-engraved paper with ink (Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2021) Brian Catling RA

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Adam's House in Paradise (2021) Brian Catling RA

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Sometimes I see a painting and wonder if Brian Catling might've done it. (Figures in a Garden, c.1936, by Francis Bacon)

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Steen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Some days, the only tenable position you can take up is Brian Catling decrying “I FLOOD THE LAND!” over melancholy piano music. catling-young.bandcamp.com/album/i-floo...

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I Flood The Land, by Brian Catling & James Young

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Dome Rain Falling Stones Brian Catling RA

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Robert @robertd1.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I was never a massive Vorrh fan, but everything else I've read by Brian Catling has been utterly majestic. Only one small written piece in this by him (the rest are photographs), but it's beautiful. Surely the most underappreciated British writer there is / was

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Eleanor Crook @eleanorcrook.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Thanks to the Royal Society of Sculptors for welcoming me as a member - pictures on my shiny new page! sculptors.org.uk/artists/elea...

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Eleanor Crook MRSS | Royal Society of Sculptors

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Gloom settled over here three years ago and with good reason. It seemed insoluble until I FLOOD THE LAND by James Young and the late Brian Catling. The record is nothing short of cathartic and embodies the best way I would like to remember Brian: a surprise at every turn.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Sometimes I see a drawing and wonder if Brian might've done it.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

James Young: "Brian and I got together for a couple of days in the winter of 2012 when Oxford was flooded. He came round to my place with some loose pages of his poetry and one of his published collections ‘Late Harping’. catling-young.bandcamp.com/album/i-floo...

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I Flood The Land, by Brian Catling & James Young

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Autumnal oneiric bangers! Lucile Hadzihalilovic's mysterious and hypnotic EARWIG (2021). A neat adaptation of the bizzaro B. Catling source novella, and very much at one with the director's previous uncanny masterpieces. Big fan! All that gloom and disquiet, mmm...

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If you missed Hadzihalilovic's previous movie Earwig, based on the novel by B. Catling, I wouldn't blame you because it was barely released, but it is in my mind one of the great films of the last decade: letterboxd.com/paulduane/fi...

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Paul Duane’s reviews of Earwig

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Late announcements are rarely useful, but CABARET MELANCHOLIQUE will be in LIVE ART ZINE, December 6th at 7:30 PM Nørrebrogade 5C, basement, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Finally found copies of The Vorrh and The Erstwhile by B Catling at a used bookstore yesterday, and I look forward to have a very psychedelic Christmas vacation.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

(L) THE CONJUROR - Hieronymus Bosch (R) ANOTHER CONJUROR'S TABLE - Brian Catling RA

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