Publisher's Synopsis
Visually astonishing, and insightful, Chronicles of Entanglement, debuts Rodrigo de Toledo's unique blend of illustrated fiction, graphic novel, and artist book. He takes us into the landscapes of a poetic and graphic mythology, through intricate illustrations of a whimsical imaginary world. Immersing into magical realism, the book reveals the wandering of a seeker's soul, and a dramatic rendezvous between artist and muse. An intimate tale of search for beauty and identity in a foreign land, portrayed with open, deep, and colorful tones.
Strained in a reality that flows like a film in front of his eyes, a man struggles between childhood memories, a rich fantasy world, and what he thinks are short extra-sensorial spiritual perceptions. The eyes constantly flooded by images that leak from his active mind, distractions that superimpose his life's reality. An entirely dysfunctional object, a complex kinetic contraption with a will of its own, that for many years demanded complete dedication from him, now disregards his existence. Accidently, he stumbles on a gateway to a colorful and disturbing universe, the direct access to the unconscious realm, where he interacts with shifting panoramas of the soul. Puzzled by such a life changing vision, he is determined to discover if he has been plagued by yet a larger curse or blessed by the long-waited path to sanity.
About the Author
Rodrigo de Toledo is an award winning Brazilian-American cross-media visual artist, an author and univerisity professor, and a pioneer in the digital arts. His whimsical imaginary world has been published, and exhibited around the globe since 1990, in museums, galleries and festivals, on animated, interactive and printed media. His work has been reviewed in media venues such as PBS, Forbes Magazine, How Magazine, Canal+ France, Globo TV Brasil, TV Educativa Brasil, Jornal do Brasil, Leonardo Journal, and NASA online. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, lives in the USA, and teaches animation, fictional world design, and graphic design. See his website for more of his work: neurondiva.com
