a portrait of worms and bones

Rimbaud, eternal iconoclast. It is in the guise of a young man with shaggy hair, a vague look and a baby face that the collective memory has frozen him. It must be said that only eight representations of the poet, who, in five years of writing (1870-1875), revolutionized the art of playing with images, are authenticated. Already at the time, Carjat’s photo had obviously been retouched to pay homage to the beauty of the teenager, then 17 years old. Luc Loiseau enjoyed continuing this enterprise. And, even more, to represent the real Rimbaud using images generated by artificial intelligence. The Rimbaud of years of poetic fury.

Born October 20, 1854 in Charleville, son of an infantry captain who left home very early, Arthur was a brilliant student at the local college. Very quickly, he stood out for his mastery of French and ancient languages. His ambition: to become a poet and journalist. In order to make his texts known…