Yesterday I presented the Chimeric Glyphic System at the London Arts-Based Research Centre conference at Oxford University under the title “From Fragment to Chimera: The Artist Book as an Alchemical System of Transformation”.
The question behind the presentation is one that continues to guide my work: what if alchemy were not only something represented in art, but something an artwork could perform through its own structure?
In The Chimeric Protocols of Transmutation / The Book of Split Ink, the experiment begins with two interdependent forms: visual plates and narrative language. Through Gala and Salvador, the symbolic system discovers consciousness; through Barcelona, it encounters a city of layered histories and thresholds.
The investigation will continue in Berlin, planned for 2027, and Road 66, planned for 2028. Together they trace a movement from symbol, to history, to lived experience.
The Laboratory of St. Vincent is dedicated to this kind of work: art approached as a discipline of seeing, a practice of transformation and a shared field of inquiry.
The books are not final answers. They are stages of an experiment.
The laboratory remains open.
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.
