“Onomatopē is a book compiling drawings made from archive pictures of design, architecture and Japanese comics, chopped and rebuilt into new, almost abstract, graphic compositions.
Japanese onomatopoeia are discarded to become a space and support for perspectives and shadows of familiar forms. In this book, comics’ forms are blurred, narration erased and signs turned into frames.
All original drawings have been scanned and augmented by computer: screentones collage, digital painting and textures… These digital layers are translated into the book by the use of different kinds of paper and transparent film for the reader to play with.
Each book was individually assembled and handmade: folding, cutting and Japanese binding.”- Alex Besikian