The open-air exhibition A nomadic heartwhich uses extracts from Dany Laferrière’s graphic novels, will adorn the Pont des Arts in Paris and the square in front of the Institut de France from April 5 to May 12.
The exhibition, produced by the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, was inaugurated in Montreal in August 2020 before traveling, notably to Frankfurt, Tunis and New York, to the United Nations headquarters, in June 2022.
A nomadic heart reproduces on giant panels extracts from his autobiographical illustrated books: Self-portrait of Paris with Cat, Towards other shores, Exile is worth the journey, On the road with Bashō And In the splendor of the night.
During the inauguration of the course, the writer of Haitian origin, who is celebrating his 10 years at the French Academy, confided to The Press : “I make the reader walk inside the book, it is not the frozen book. Because a work is never finished, it progresses. It moves forward with the reader. Slowly. »