Vestibriüm University Hospital (in conjunction with beatvibe.com) is proud to continue its esteemed lecture/demo series with an emphasis on explorations in performance surgery. Here, Marc Weber presents excerpts from his in-progress novel, Theatre of Operations: Tales from Vestibriüm University Hospital.

Photo right: Plate 319 - Self-styled surgeons gather in Vestibriüm's Green Room for a sterile reading/demonstration by Marc Weber. Mouse over image for haunting 3D effect. (Courtesy Gruundärd Centre.)

• Notwithstanding Venice
• Surgical Dialogue (Transcript)
• Post-Op Evaluation
• Professor Süurd Relates a Curious Anecdote
• Flesh (#)
• Interview: Ruminations of Dr. S
• Fig. 11.3: Installation Detail
• With the Remaining Particles Suspended in Droplets (Condensing on that Yellow Polycarbonite Stacked Near the Fume Hood)
• Dr. Süurd Oversees the Procedure
• Assisting Dr. Kördann on Seven (Revisiting the Eisinbrüge-Strühiafe Incident)
• Advanced C3 Crystallization - Excerpt from a Colloquium on Congenital Scourge Rectification (Tuesday Lecture/Demo Series, Dr. Seward Presenting)
• Epsilon Nitrate (-31)
• The Pleasure Principle: In which Dr. Seward Reflects on His Curious Predicament
• Module (With Bonus Materials for Review and Discussion)
• Professor Seward Digresses
• Dr. Kördann Reacts to the Accusations
• Jar of Ether, Unattended
• Green Porcelain in 3
• A General Sense of Unbeknownstment (in the Sixth Degree)
• Waking Up in Restraints
• Tempus, Non-Fugitus
• Dial
• Bolex Memories (Circa 1933)
• On Chemicals in the Wake of Philadelphia
• Gamma Radiation (Broadcast)

Note: In the novel excerpts, mouse over images to display insightful captions.

"Dial" also appears in the book, Action Poetry: Literary Tribes for the Internet Age.