In Voyage to the Orient (1851), the French writer and poet Gérard de Nerval creates a very interesting fold between the narrator and the main character.

Nerval is the narrator and Gérard - presumably an idealistic and naive version of himself - is the hero of the book.

The Dark Atlas project uses Nerval's book and his dilution of reality and fiction as its departure point.

The figure of an unknown Traveller is explored. He is the spectral presence that permeates the narrative of this body of work.

The places where the action takes place share a certain quality of irreality, mystery and difficulty of localization.

They live outside our plane of existence.

Rückenfigur, 2018
video, 29 min. color