An Exhibition of Unspeakable Things
An Exhibition of Unspeakable Things
From 28th October 2007 to 6th April 2008
Lovecraft’s Commonplace Book is a compilation of ideas, wherein the reader encounters nameless abominations, giant underwater cities, ancient artifacts awakening forbidden memories, dreams fading into reality, new dimensions appearing at the corner of the eye, and creatures from another time hidden in human guise. These and other fragmentary concepts are listed in a notebook that Lovecraft planned to revisit when developing later works of fiction.
Recorded between 1919 and 1934, these 222 short notes are based on dreams, readings or casual incidents. As Lovecraft writes at the beginning of the booklet, very few of these ideas ” are actually developed plots – they are merely suggestions designed to set the memory or imagination working “.
Following an invitation from Maison d’Ailleurs to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Lovecraft’s death in an exhibition, one hundred artists have used this journal to explore the abysmal depths evoked by this singular author, transforming the museum in a place filled with things better left unspoken…
Original art by
Albertine // Albin // Aeron Alfrey // Sylvain Amacher // Fred Bastide // Jose Antonio Bautista // Bénédicte // Noah Berlatsky // Stephan Bersier // Bertschy // Christian Bili // Enrique Bonet // Eric Braün // Benjamin Bron // Gabriel Br. // Giacomo Carmagnola // Paul Carrick // Caza // Daniel Ceni // Jean-Michel Cholette // Gilles Christinat // Cosey // John Coulthart // Marc Da Cunha Lopes // Brendan Danielsson // Guy Davis // Antoine Déprez // René Donais // Randy DuBurke // Antoine Duplan // Kevin Evans // Léonard Felix // Deak Ferrand // Grégoire Fontana // Mathias Forbach // Gilles Francescano // Fufu Frauenwahl // Fritz & Ángel Olivera // Hugues Lapaire // Stephan Gaudin // Gess // H. R. Giger // Thomas Gilbert // Goomi // Gnot Guedin // Antoine Guex // Alban Guillemois // Gwabryel // Karen Ichters // Anna-Maria Jung // Julien Kaeser // Jean-Philippe Kalonji // Thomas Koenig // Körner Union // Krum // Muriel Liénard // Guillaume Long // Denis Martin // Guillaume Mayor // Laurent Mettraux // Berivan Meyer // Yves Milet-Desfougères // Monsieur Mishimoto // Mix & Remix // Fabian Moreillon // Sebastián Mulero // Jason Murphy // Julien Noirel // Johan Nowasad // Noyau // David Paleo // Fernando Pascual // Nancy Peña // Yann Perrelet // Stéphane Pichot // Nicolas Pitz // Plonk et Replonk // Alexandre Pointet // Mark Prent // Björn Quiring // Richard Raaphorst // Nadia Raviscioni // Jeff Remmer // Émile Roduit // François Rouiller // Jérémie Royer // David Saavedra // Patrick Saradar // Rick Sardinha // Irène Schoch // Andrés Soria // Laurence Suhner // Erwann Surcouf // Olivier Texier // Jason Thompson // Tom Tirabosco // Tito // Régis Tosetti // Walder // Anne Wilsdorf
The Maison d’Ailleurs, Museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
