Over the course of his life, Antoine Donelli wrote his loved ones illustrated letters in which he pondered the meaning of life, the point of money, the mystery of creation, obedience of authority, the pursuit of happiness... Found after his death in 2044, these sketchbooks, grouped here in forty remarkable chapters, paint an accurate and moving portrait of a man’s inner life in a world tormented by the specter of collapse.
This album is also a high-flying exercise in artistic virtuosity: Baya composes a diverse mosaic of graphic worlds and moods, in the vein of Dave McKean.