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The Kennel Bench

One kennel's drafts, measured against the standard.

One kennel's drafts, measured against the standard.

The Kennel Bench

An independent reading of the public record of a Greek bulldog kennel, 2010-2013: the dogs as annotated drafts, the litters as works in progress, the standard as the rule they were measured against.

A closed clothbound book on a desk, a tailor's measuring tape coiled beside it

measured against the standard · RULE

RULE-004RULE

The written rule, filed with the FCI

The archive could not say which standard text this kennel published. One written rule for the breed survives outside any capture: the FCI's own file, number 149, recognized since 1955.

Open the sheet

Latest entries

7 / 16 sheets pinned
A dog collar laid on a folded wool blanket in the corner of a quiet room

BOOK-002BOOK

The in-memory page

The page that mourned the kennel's animals

· 3 min

A bulldog, a kitten and a parrot sharing a sunlit living-room floor

BOOK-001BOOK

The other animals

The pets page and its eight photographs

· 3 min

The bench's ledger

Every sheet, in filing order.

A dog collar laid on a folded wool blanket in the corner of a quiet room

BOOK-002BOOK

The in-memory page

The page that mourned the kennel's animals

· 3 min

A bulldog, a kitten and a parrot sharing a sunlit living-room floor

BOOK-001BOOK

The other animals

The pets page and its eight photographs

· 3 min

The four files

How the bench keeps its records.

A note from the bench

Every sheet on this wall once lived on a breeder's website in Greece, between 2010 and 2013. The kennel measured its dogs against a written standard; this bench measures the record itself, sheet by sheet.

From the same bench

Other desks in the network keep their own records, on their own subjects.