Julien Gachadoat, “Noir Orion”

RRose Editions, 2025

Edition of 200 signed & numbered copies

64 pages. 15 x 15 cm. Printed on 140g Sirio Black paper. Sewn bound hardcover

“Noir Orion” is a sketchbook of 63 drawings generated by an algorithm designed to explore the gradual transformation of a simple shape: the circle. On each page, the algorithm applies a series of geometric operations that evolve the circle into increasingly elaborate configurations. Then, in a reversing motion, the forms simplify until they return to lines evocative of a star. The book’s visual trajectory weaves a connection between pure mathematical abstraction and a cosmic entity.