On 15 November I will present “Alchemy Beyond the Symbol: The Chimeric Glyphic System as a Language of Transformation” at a conference organised by the London Arts-Based Research Centre (LABRC) at St Anne’s College, Oxford University. I will be participating online.
The presentation grows out of The Chimeric Protocols of Transmutation / The Book of Split Ink and its central experiment: can an artistic grammar do more than establish a recognisable visual style? Can it become a way of asking questions and generating relationships through image and narrative?
The research continues through two forthcoming books. Berlin: Boundary / Signal, planned for 2027, tests the symbolic language against historical realities and competing urban systems. Spotlight on Road 66, planned to follow in 2028, explores how the same grammar may become embedded in bodies, movement, value and public image.
Across these works, the question changes, but the method continues to develop.
I am looking forward to discussing art not just as an outcome but as an experimental process of inquiry. The Laboratory of St. Vincent remains the home of this ongoing work.
English edition: Vyaas, Shaharee. The Chimera Protocols of Transmutation. 254 pages, standard color. Independently Published, September 15, 2026. ISBN 9798255835324. Price: €29.99.
Edición española: Vyaas, Shaharee. Los protocolos quiméricos de transmutación y El libro de la tinta dividida. 254 páginas, color estándar. Publicación: 15 de septiembre de 2026. ISBN 978-84-09-88086-7. Precio: €29,99.
