Hervé S.'s photos with the keyword: Cerisy

indeed part of the next 4 pics ;-)

This is the French IMEC library, an institute where people can donate one's archives, located in the authentic (and remote) abbaye of Ardenne, Normandie. Inside the main abbey building lies a grafted structure, all wood and glass, fully separated from the ancient arches, which hosts zillion of books and archives in a mega-futuristic library where among others from one floor you can see both the upper and lower galleries (and visitors) trough the glass ceiling, in a surrealistic way. (see the PIPs!) To me this reminded memories from Borges Babel's library, or perhaps, the medieval 'Il nome della rosa' from Unberto Eco! But when I told this to the postdoc student besides me, in a blink I understood I was some remnant from last century : ignoring these references, he replied "yes for sure this is like in Interstellar, the movie". So, now you know. If these pics remind you of Borges or Eco you are a living fossil, like me. Interstellar is the way ;-)

What is striking is the difference with the USSR equivalent propaganda, where in contrast you get actual B&W pictures of all-women bomber crews among others... In 1943 that was the 'victory program' in the US.