PoutresseHAND ART PUBLISHER

Poutresse is a work of art in motion, conceived within the sacred precincts of Hand Art Publishers. It is architectural, built up of images, erudition and fantasy. Inspired by the printmaking methods of the 16th century, Poutresse comprises nine intertwining books. Here a story unfolds about termites who are devouring the inscribed beams in Montaigne’s château while a censor tries to preserve them from destruction/erasure. How do the termites regurgitate knowledge? This is the project: Poutresse is creating a new direction for the book, and finds its eventual form.

In the age of digital transmission of knowledge, what remains of the humanist experience? Through which biases is knowledge diffused, and how is it perpetuated? Poutresse is a sculptural object that dances between the hands of the reader who is invited to manipulate it, exploring the foundations of a polyphonic and unique poetic language created by Jérôme Karsenti with unfolding pages full of visual surprises.