Scriptural Hemodialysis Facility
The Bleichgrund Lock No. 12 straddles the canal where ink-dark water from the Tintenbad district slows to a near-standstill before entering the bleaching basins. The structure is a long, low colonnade of whitewashed stone, its arches repeating into the mist like the ribs of some enormous washed-up creature. Iron sluice gates, perpetually wet and weeping rust, regulate the flow of what the officials call "scriptural effluent" — the diluted residue of botched formulations, illegible memoranda, and...
Located in State Pathography: Legibility as Biopolitical Metabolism.