TOOL - Limited Edition White

The Tool:

Hard not to get fired up making a special design for Tool's visit to Chile. Official or not, I was going to do it anyway. They've always been a huge influence on everything I've developed aesthetically — finding a Tool video clip on TV in the 90s was by far the most hypnotic, rupturing thing you could see at the time. A tsunami of metalanguage, layer upon layer of codes, enigmatic symbols in every direction. And whether there's meaning or not is almost beside the point — this design already comes with the code inserted.

The idea was to make something special to celebrate their show. Searching for symbolic connections with Chile, I landed on the Chilean mummies — the oldest in the world, 7,000 years old or more. Unlike the Egyptians, the Chinchorro made no class distinction when it came to mummifying. The process involved extracting the organs and then putting the body back together aiming to turn it into a work of art. Structured with cords, bandages, ornamentation — and the living lived alongside their mummified ancestors. "Bound to recall, remember."

Sitting in the pose of eternal waiting, wearing Oculus Rift–style goggles with the band's logo on them, opening up new spiritual states and the whole trance connection of psychedelic art (Alex Grey), unlocking the third eye, the fourth, and the fifth with a double pupil just in case. The metaphor of the mummy waiting 8,000 years for the band — "We are spirit bound to this flesh." With 7 toes on one foot and "One foot nailed down." Pneuma.

Her mummification cords in an aura of sacred geometry. Lots of interpretations, and the ritual goes on. And if I'm going to see them live, it has to be with this tee.

Each piece is unique because there is no original piece.

Single-color screen print. White version.

Specs

• Unisex 100% cotton t-shirt
• Sizes S to XXL
• 100% hand-pulled screen print, plastisol inks heat-cured
• Ships in heavyweight envelope screen-printed both sides, with collection stickers included

Care: No bleach · No tumble dry · Do not iron on the print · Iron inside out on low heat.

Shipping: Chile (CorreosChile, Chilexpress) · Worldwide (rates on request).