Book and Posters, Esag Penninghen Thesis, Paris FRANCE
Alone at sea:
No landmark, except those on the sea maps
No more reference
Nothing new: not a new face, even not a new bird!
Confronted with this vacuum, you need to create your own’s world.
Old time cartographers harboured numerous myths pertaining to these territories which they transcripted in their maps. For instance they were indicating for unknown territories “hic sunt dracones” which can be translated from latin as “here live dragons”.
At sea you naturally turn your attention to sea charts.
This is why I have wanted to use this medium to tell a story. I have however decided to erase any written indications in order for my watchers to be lost.
Tiphaine Sartini for Ecole Supérieure d’Art Graphique Penninghen, Paris
