CODEX

codex seraphinianus (1981)

• Luigi Serafini

• illustrated encyclopedia of imaginary world

  • "Serafini stated that there is no meaning behind the Codex's script, which is asemic; that his experience in writing it was similar to automatic writing; and that what he wanted his alphabet to convey was the sensation children feel with books they cannot yet understand, although they see that the writing makes sense for adults"

Voynich Manuscript

Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges

A Book from the Sky - Xu Bing

• "New, meaningless Chinese characters, printed from hand-carved blocks"

Fantastic Planet - french film abstract image