Erik Davis: Blotter Marlene Smith 'If the doors of perception

'If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is

for a new audience inspired and galvanised by her ongoing activism and her extraordinary example

and accountable results

We come to see that relation in all its senses – telling

while at the same time effacing literature’s images and philosophy

Erik Davis: Blotter Marlene Smith 'If the doors of perceptionMIT Press, 2024, softcover, 256 pages, 20. 5 x 25. 4 cm Blotter is the first comprehensive written account of the history, art, and design of LSD blotter paper, the iconic drug delivery device that will perhaps forever be linked to underground psychedelic culture and contemporary street art. Created in collaboration with Mark McCloud's Institute of Illegal Images, the world's largest archive of blotter art, Davis's boldly illustrated exhibition treats