Benoit Jeannet - A Geological Index Of The Landscape
http://www.benoitjeannet.ch/
“Benoît Jeannet’s book operates somewhere on the extreme end of the spectrum of a typological approach to landscape,” says Lesley Martin. “It is meticulously indexed, simultaneously lush and highly methodical in its survey of geological and topographic details — a nouvelle vague approach to the New Topographics.” Created as part of Jeannet’s graduate thesis at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, the book combines studio experiments recreating atmospheric and geologic forms with on-site studies of actual landscapes throughout both Europe and the U.S. The reader is guided by a highly systematized if somewhat absurd taxonomy, using elements such as size or “experiment type” (including “Waves” and “Rainbows”). Each image is accompanied by a multi-character label that allows the viewer to decipher and interpret the type, location, context, and other aspects of the landscape or item depicted, without sacrificing pure visual pleasure.
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Benoît Jeannet, A Geological Index of the Landscape, self-published, 2015.
http://www.benoitjeannet.ch/