FOXFIRE

a cabinet of living light

specimens alight

◆ ◆ no hands

Plate I — the five gestures

Pinch · empty aira light is born at your fingertips

Pinch · on a lighttake it, carry it, throw it

Both hands · pull apartswell it. press in to shrink

Open palma breath of wind. herd them, stir them

Close a fist · holdsnuff it out. it returns to spores

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hide the hands F

hide the room V

sound S

dim the cabinet C

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recording · R to stop

hold your hands up to the dark

Cabinet of Curiosities · No. 43

fox·fire /ˈfɒksfʌɪə/ n.

the pale, cold luminescence given off by certain fungi upon rotting wood; fairy fire; a light that is alive, and does not burn.

Requires a camera and two hands
Nothing is recorded. Nothing leaves this machine.