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Do we really have to leave home in order to travel? Isn?t the exotic closer than we might think? And exploring, primarily, a question of looking at things differently? So suggests Christophe Chabout茅 in his new album Plus loin qu?ailleurs (脡ditions Gl茅nat). Plus loin qu?ailleurs is the story of a carpark attendant who is planning the journey of a lifetime ? to Alaska. However, a last-minute cancellation and a fall at the airport, which puts him on crutches, takes our hero back to square one. Or almost. Rather than returning home, he books himself into a hotel opposite his flat, resolving  to wander through his own neighbourhood instead. Having wished to explore an uninhabited wilderness, he ends up exploring a place that is equally unfamiliar ? what lies in his own backyard.

Christophe Chabout茅 constructs a narrative of great finesse and poetic resonance, inviting us to reflect on how we all perceive our environment. His original pages ? complete with collages and material garnered in the service of the narrative ? closely reflect his theme.  Each plate, beautifully drawn in Indian ink, thus forms part of the quest, the adventure that unfolds before our eyes.