“In ‘On Slaugther’, artist Klara Hobza uses scientific drawings to accompany Markus, a dropout in the forests of Sweden as he slaughters a sheep. The best impression of the book is undoubtedly gained by quoting the table of contents: Bench; Knives; Sharpening; Whisk; Before we start; The killing; The skinning; The organs; Usage of intestines; The Slaughter will be finished now; Glue; Meat; …
‘Every time I slaughter, I think it’s something, hmm ... it’s something ... it’s a feeling. The part where I feel nervous to kill the animal or something, that has long ago gone away ... in a way. But I think the whole act in itself, with the taking off the skin and opening the body and seeing all this inside and ... I think the whole act – as a whole – is kind of beautiful, in a strange way.’ – Markus”
A conversation about the butchering of sheep, illustrated with many drawings, black on white pages and white on black pages, accompanied by the essay ‘Friendship and Cannibalism: Preparing to Feast on a Hen’ by Till Krause.
Soft cover, 15 x 10,5 cm, 128 pages, ed/750, vol.9 of the series ‘Black Forest Library’, Wien 2024
ISBN: 978-3-903353-14-5
