REMAINING - Because art is a meeting with no concept of time

Remaining is a large illustrated volume that Gek Tessaro has dedicated to Art. 
It is an evocative and charming journey through a series of museums, an example of how it is possible to look at all the details of a work of art, examine the colours and shades, and finally “discover it” by devoting all the time to it that it deserves.
Line by line he tells the story of a series of apparently impossible meetings with men and women who lived centuries ago, but who are still here now, waiting for those who, in their turn have decided to listen to them.

But the journey today has no cliffs to scale  

Nor genuine cities and their geographic tales
It’s a journey, 
a trip towards dreams made real
which can be both touched and yet which I feel.
Painted by men from distant lands   
precious jewels created by hand.
Ancient emotions that still speak today they are old, 
but now I want to hear what they say

It can’t be seen

You can’t seen the wind

It’s invisible to our eyes

more or less like what we feel

but the dust and the leaves

allow the wind to be seen

like the playing of the waves

that show off in the sea

It is the folds of the cloth

that give grace to the motion.

Women dance happily

and show us the wind

You opened the first curtain

when you opened this book

the moment you carefully

turned the pages to look

the second was opened by

the angels on either side

aware of its importance an

full of honour and pride

the third curtain opens up to

life and sound

so delicate that she uses one hand alone

Translation by Jonathan Cox

Conceived and created by Gek Tessaro

GEK TESSARO
Is an author and illustrator. Driven by a provocative spirit combined with a subtle vein of irony, he has worked with numerous different publishing houses and received many important awards, including
the Andersen 2010 Award for best complete author and the National Nati per Leggere Award (Born to read ndt) in 2011. His concept of drawn and illustrated theatre comes from his interest in spoken drawing, pictures that tell stories. Using an overhead projector to display his astonishing techniques, he brings life to the narratives taken from his texts. His capacity for observation and synthesis are transformed into enthralling and absorbing theatrical performances .

Illustrated volume of 64 pages with laminated cover • In 28,5 x 28,5 cm format • Age: from 9 years upwards

   

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