Deo Mithrae by Bruce Rimell

Description

but far off northwards at
the bleeding edge of this world,
here there are

meadow pipits all around,
peeping a land alive

Deo Mithrae responds intensively to the Temple of Mithras at Carrawburgh, as well as the remains of the nearby Coventina’s Well, fused with a movement through what little we know of Mithraic initiation grades. Deo Mithrae plays with human landscapes, archaeologies of hurt, and imagined ancient voices – from the human to the otherworldly, with a deeply experimental and ludic voice.

Bruce Rimell is a visual artist and poet, whose work explores lost human voices in ancient landscapes, gay/Queer sexual dynamics, and living with ADHD in a neuronormative world. His work sits far from the zeitgeist: the tone, unconventional rhythmic delivery and surreal thematics of his oeuvre often reflect this. Mostly self-published, his poetry is often adorned with his own visually engaging artworks: ‘Deo Mithrae’ is his first conventionally published work.

Deo Mithrae is part of our micro-chapbook series where we design, print & make limited edition a6 chapbooks. Its run is limited to 35 copies.

Printed on 100gsm ivory paper with 120gsm antique gold endpapers and a 270gsm linen embossed cover stamped with the Braag logo. 16 pages.