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Plumes d’Afrique is a biennale celebrating contemporary African literary and artistic expression, taking place over a month, and showcasing established and emerging talent from the African continent and its diaspora, under the patronage of Malagasy writer Jean-Luc Raharimanana.

The poster for the 2023 edition carries on the use of portraits developped in previous editions, and opens it up to a new context, a dreamlike landscape of dunes on a starry night, with a figure appearing to walk in the distance. I wanted to introduce a more poetical narrative gesture to the posters, and this was further explored in the 2025 edition which departed completely from the portrait. It is built over a patchwork motif, as an ode to african print motif, including the figure of the bird. The poster was loosely inspired from a poem by Germaine Kouméalo ANATÉ - L'OISEAU PRENDS SON ENVOL, the patchwork provides a metaphorical backdrop, representing different countries, people, and cultures the bird might encounter on his migration.

Original Plumes d'Afrique 2023
Cyanotype and watercolour

Original Plumes d'Afrique 2025
Gouache on paper with gold foil guilding.

Available as Giclee print on 290gsm Hahnemühle Bamboo (the world's first digital fine art inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres)
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