Moths, Bats and Velvet Worms! Moths, Bats and Heretics!

A book that documents Monster Chetwynd’s Moths, Bats and Velvet Worms! Moths, Bats and Heretics! through a wealth of collages of medieval pictures, tartans, images of insects and text cutouts, and photographs of performers!

Moths, Bats and Velvet Worms! Moths, Bats and Heretics! is/was a lyrical, site-specific exhibition presented at Belvedere 21, Vienna, in 2024, activated and animated by performers and the audience alike, with lyrics by Leila Peacock. Monster Chetwynd is known for a multifaceted artistic practice that claims a radical artistic freedom and transcends genre boundaries … notably directing absurdly humorous polyphonic performances incorporating eclectic references, from Christine de Pizan to Bertolt Brecht. [publisher's note]

With text by Axel Kohne, Andrea Kopranovic, Neil Mulholland, Jess Ramm, Stella Rollig, Kate Sutton.