“What I found in Iran seemed different from everything else I had seen before: It was a world full of beauty, art and poetry, where old Persian poets are still worshiped, and where people actually enjoy reciting poetry on every occasion. A world full of magic and inspiration, full of mystery and beauty,” Bianca Tschaikner on her impressions from Iran of today, captured in her publication Savari.
SAVARI (from Arabic safar‚ journey) is a collection of drawings from Bianca Tschaikner's sketch book from five months of journeying Iran & India. It contains visual snapshots and fragmented drawings, sketches, poems and notes, inspired by day-to-day Oriental adventures and other strange curiosities. Among the sites in her drawings are the fabulous cities Shiraz and Isfahan or megalopoles such as New Delhi & Bombay – spanning form the north Indian jungle to the remote mountain realms of wild eastern India down to the golden beaches of south India.
As a visual diary of a 'nomadic' illustrator, SAVARI documents an excerpt of a personal story in the area of conflict between everyday life and adventure, between fantasy and reality, and describes atmospheres and events in fantastic locations. At the same time, it is a travel report indirectly describing the political situation and the cultural context of the journey.
Vasari . Erste Edition Book Publishing (Austria) . Hardcover . 20 x 29.5 cm . 152 Pages . ISBN 978-3-99018-363-2 . Language: English . 21.05 euros plus postage . etsy.com///savari-an-illustrated-journey