by Hector Meinhof
The face of a human foetus is formed by three rotating parts – one with the right eye, one with the left eye, and one with the mouth – meeting and growing together in the philtrum, resting on the cupid’s bow. These parts represent the Trinity.
The timeless love story of a saint and a serial killer: Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais must navigate the mechanics of genocide in a mystical apocalypse. EGREGORE or, the Trinity of the Philtrum, expands on the uniquely disturbing obsessions Hector Meinhof first revealed in Three Nails, Four Wounds: A journey into a winter landscape where mediaeval and contemporary visions of the last days combine, and horrifying rituals are played out for the gratification of a cruel divinity and mischievous child saints...
Translated from Swedish by B.J. Woodstein & John Macmillan
Photographs by Jozefien Van der Aelst and Karolina Urbaniak
Drawings by Josefin Jansson
Interview conducted by Martin Bladh
