bestiarist, by Melissa Hansen and Jules Reynaud, incorporates cut-up text from Melissa’s poetry and stories with illustrations by Jules. Melissa speaks English and Jules French. The effect of bestiarist is neither solid, nor flowing, cut-up in its translation and communication between artists. Conceptual, bestiarist is inspired by the compilers or writers of bestiaries: most often medieval treatise illustrating symbolic, allegorical, or moralizing text based upon real or fabled animals. |
