Expédition vers les monts analogues
Pictures of the Workshop and student’s work
Ensa Paris-Malaquais, Paris
Ensa Paris-Malaquais, Paris
Workshop content and instructions
“Sir, I read your article on Mount Analogue. Until now, I thought I was the only one convinced of its existence. Today, there are two of us, tomorrow there will be ten, perhaps more, and then we can attempt the expedition. We must get in touch as soon as possible. Call me as soon as you can at one of the numbers below. I'll be waiting for you. Pierre Sogol, 37, Passage des Patriarches, Paris.” René Daumal, Mount Analogue, 1952.
René Daumal began writing Mount Analogue in 1939. The novel recounts the preparation and departure of an expedition to the largest mountain ever discovered on Earth. René Daumal died in 1944, leaving the novel unfinished and the expedition to Mount Analogue unfinished.
The intensive program invites students to form a team of explorers who, in turn, set off on an expedition to their own Mount Analogue. Mount Analogue is here a metaphor for a space, an object, a place, a person: each group must invent its mission objective.
In groups of 3 or 4 students, the task is to imagine, represent, and prove everything. The creation of a realistic narrative and a precise protocol are required: crew composition (personalities, professions, experiences, team roles), initial intuitions, elements necessary for the smooth running of the expedition (clothing, food, tools, etc.), and more. The journey to Mount Analogue(s) and its discovery will be archived in multiple ways through interviews, photos, videos, logbooks, field surveys, site samples, etc.
The intensive program allows students to immerse themselves in a poetic journey in the form of an analysis of an imaginary site. Students have the opportunity to travel far and wide if they wish, as long as they bring back analytical and scientific knowledge that is both poetic and sensitive. The intensive allows you to work on your speaking skills in order to convince an assembly of explorers that Mount Analogue(s) do indeed exist.
Project realized with Tamaya Sapey-Triomphe