Lamprey

not quite a fish and not quite a worm, you, jawless lamprey, are truly a work of wonder.

much like the suction cup of your horrible mouth, ringed with its ungodly, bowel-liquefying rows of terrible teeth, famously attaches to victims to drain them dry of all bodily organs and fluids, so this year will embrace and bestow upon you all the adventure your bizarre and fear-inducing little body can hold.

so dive into 2024 with your parasitic nature and signature outdated taste in dance music, noble lamprey, enjoying every adventure this year has in store for you in the months ahead.

lamprey, 2016
30 x 40 cm. charcoal, pen and ink

ranging from the grotesque to the pathetic, the twelve animals in this horoscope provide a set of options slightly slimmer than the current zodiac animals.

it is hoped, by being confronted with unexpected — even insulting — predictions, the participant is prepared for the worst but continues to hope for the best in the new lunar year.