Slow Story

A monochrome ‘daily’ series unfolding as a quiet, surreal tale of connection, fear, and shared perception within a fictional world of cyclopes, Slow Story is built around the idea that depth of vision is only possible through touch in order to become one.

The series follows a young couple confronting recurring nightmares that manifest as a shadowy man and his black dog. As memory and parallel realities begin to overlap, the pair return to a childhood home that exists across worlds, ultimately transforming themselves into a two-eyed being in order to face the source of fear directly.

What begins as a dreamlike horror resolves into a deeply human encounter, reframing terror as inherited memory and emotional projection. Through restrained black-and-white imagery and episodic storytelling, the project explores love as a bridge between worlds and connection as the only path to understanding.

Slow Story serves as a precursor to Anton Marrast’s Ex Cyclopedia, and the narrative thread of the young couple, particularly the consequences of the two worlds connecting, may continue to unfold in future works.