PARALLAX: Conspiracy Theories, Details and the Act of Looking Closely by Ellie Wyatt
Foolscap Editions Launch

Book launch, film installation and in-conversation event.

23rd - 25th November 2023

Responding to the rise of conspiracy theories in the 21st Century, PARALLAX is an expansive exploration of the complex relationships between (un)truth, vision, and technology. Through a curated series of texts and visual works, Ellie Wyatt investigates how conspiracy theories are facilitated by urgent technological advances, the legacies of detailed modes of sight, and the circle as a magical and scientific tool.

To celebrate the launch Alt_R hosted a special screening of Ellie Wyatt’s cherrypicker and a reading on the launch night. Ellie was joined by Clare Birchall & Lucy Hutchinson for Fragments & Fictions: Conspiracy Theories and the Internet - an informal in-conversation on conspiracy theories, belief systems and contemporary technologies.

PARALLAX includes text contributions and extracts by Clare Birchall & Peter Knight, Stan Portus, Jennifer Raab, Eugene Thacker, Jorge Luis Borges and Ellie Wyatt, alongside a series of new visual essays by Ellie Wyatt, edited by Daniel Fletcher.