name: Deception Island
type of work: sculpture

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David Renaud was on a short term residency at Transplant.
During his stay he worked on a project called “Deception Island”,
a project he started before with Frac Lorraine.

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David Renaud questions geographical codifications,
through maps, relief models, or painting.

Deception Island is based on a text of Edgar Allan Poe, “The Adventure of Arthur Gordon Pym”.
In The end of his journey it ecxtends into southern seas and discovers a world entirely white.
The novel ends at this moment, the mystery remains..