Cnocession
Technical description:
Closed size: 15 × 21 cm
Open size: 59,7 × 42 cm
Paper: 80gr/m2 recycled paper white / Der Blaue Engel
Published in 500 copies.
Twenty seven of them are numbered and signed by Fanny Garcia & Jack Usine.
Credits:
Artists: Fanny Garcia & Jack Usine
Curating by Zirkumflex
Graphic design: GUsto
Coordination: Brice Delarue
Press & public relation: Cédric Bouvard
Translation: Elisa Francesca Monte
From funeral typography to a rebirth of initials.
Cnocession is a project presenting a sample of funeral typography from a French cemetery. A project by Fanny Garcia & Jack Usine (GUsto) combines typography and photography. It is a creation of an abecedarium made of letters handpicked from headstones and memorial brasses in the cemetery of Castillon-la-Bataille.
The result is a patchwork of graphic shapes, gravestone architectures and floral wreaths and decorations, exposing local habits and knowledge. ‘Cnocession’ depicts the relationship between people and remembrance, giving birth to a collection of the venerable component of classical publishing: the initial.