Nord-Sud: Amérique; Angleterre; Corse; Spitzberg

Aboard a French liner setting out from Le Havre just weeks after the Titanic tragedy, the narrator watches a restless Atlantic turn violent, hearing the sea’s clanging like distant bells. Amid the howling wind, a telegraphist delivers a crackling radio message from Paris, a fragile thread of home that steadies the ship’s crew and passengers. The passage blends the tension of an ocean crossing with a quiet awe for the technology that begins to knit continents together.

When calm finally returns, the vessel drifts toward the icy coasts of Newfoundland, offering glimpses of rugged landscapes and encounters with fellow mariners—fishermen, an English radio operator, and the subtle cultural exchanges that arise on board. Through vivid sketches of water, sky, and the ever‑shifting horizon, the work sketches early 20th‑century travel, the promise of new horizons, and the lingering echo of a world still healing from disaster.