Connections

Faux accords, the first volume of Connexions published in 2020, crossed the stories of several characters located at a turning point in their existence. An opportunity professional, a painful breakup or an accident often put them faced with thorny life choices. Pierre Jeanneau took us on a journey choral served by a nervous design and an original formal device, combining fixed sets in isometric representation and processes inspired by theater and video games. Sand Castles develops new graphic finds and adds new threads in the narrative web. Characters appearing in the background from the first volume become the protagonists of this one, and vice versa. like Julian and his sister Audrey, whose family was hit hard whipped by the events of the previous chapters, or of Deborah and Samuel, whose life is turned upside down by the arrival of their first baby. All these little people gravitates around the Rossignol, an associative squat whose existence is under threat. Some dream of starting a home, others struggle to provide shelter for a family of exiles… All, in their own way, must deal with an environment urban that resists them. Intense, moving and ultimately peaceful, this second and The last volume deepens the portrait of a generation trying to build a future.