Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures
Author: Adam Zmith
Publisher: Repeater Books
Pages:191
Price: Rs 1,121
The measurement 16.97056274847714 metres is the length of the diagonal in the gymnastics floor event. In March 2020, in a London exhibition, a white strip of the same length was spread across its space. Visitors were stumped by the entry of a hairy Arab, wearing a red leotard “adorned with glistening rhinestones” navigating the length of that strip. They were unaware that the performance artiste Luis Amália was presenting his piece “16.97056274847714”.
Adam Zmith, author of Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures, takes this