Experimentation – Samandal

EXPERIMENTATION is an experimental book that makes translation coincide with graphic adaptation: four people (two of whom come from another discipline than comics) each write a scenario for an eight-page story with a short narrative text and dialogues. Each scenario is translated and adapted into a comic in four versions by four different comic artists: Arabic, French, English and silent versions (the silent version being the most experimental because the narrative text and dialogues must be translated into drawing). Under the direction of Alex Baladi, 176 pages, print in 5 colors on white paper, 19 cm x 26 cm. Published with the support of the City of Geneva, The Swiss Embassy in Lebanon, The French Institute and the Bureau du livre of Beirut. With scenarios by Adeline Rosenstein, Alex Baladi, Samir Youssef, Abir Gasmi. And drawings by Cécile Koepfli, Maurane Mazars, JM Bertoyas, Pierre Schilling, Nour Hifaoui, Mohamad Koraytem, Raphaelle Macaron, Jana Traboulsi, Lena Merhej, Tracy Chahwan, Joseph Kai, Ghadi Ghosn, Aude Barrio de Sousa, Andreas Kündig + Ibn al Rabin, Karen Keyrouz, Alex Chauvel, Covers by Sandra Ghosn and Helge Reumann, typography by David Habchy, mock up and graphics by Tala Safie.