Eldor – Atlas géographique

The project originates from a series of monotype experiments carried out on plastic surfaces sourced from everyday materials. By applying paint to plastic samples and then printing them onto paper, random and diffuse impressions emerged. The flexibility of the plastic favored the formation of folds and creases. These prints, somewhere between abstract landscapes and imaginary territories, quickly revealed their potential for a cartographic approach. Eight monotypes were digitized, modified, and vectorized to serve as modular templates. Variations in contours, colors, rotations, gradients, and line styles enabled the creation of a series of maps with multiple and evolving compositions.

To give these representations visual legitimacy, scientific imagery was employed. Titles, legends, scales, and grids were incorporated into the compositions, enriching interpretation while blurring the boundaries between science and fiction. These maps depart from the conventions of traditional cartography to offer a sensitive and poetic journey. Compiled as an edition, they form a fictional atlas: a guide to mysterious territories, at once foreign and familiar.

This atlas presents itself as a visual trace of an imaginary planet, a graphic testimony of life forms and spaces yet to be explored. By giving these fictional worlds a tangible dimension, it grants them artistic and cartographic recognition. Straddling abstraction and evocation, these representations offer an alternative perception of the world. They open up new perspectives, inviting contemplation, exploration, and immersion in a universe where reality intertwines intimately with the imagination.