1) OUR OBSESSION WITH THE APOCALYPSE: We cultivate a morbid fascination for the Apocalypse, the foretold End of All Things. The very notion is a vector for self-analysis—a snap judgment of humankind by projecting into the future. What form will it take? Natural selection or pure self-destruction? Which sin of man will cause the downfall of mankind? Who, or what, will survive?
2) GIANTS, ROBOTS, ALIENS OH MY!: Dawn of the Algorithm includes illustrated poems about giants, robots, aliens and dinosaurs; disasters, catastrophes and spectacular cataclysms. By analogy, it is also about rupture: the micro-apocalypses that spark when you throw together love, longing, friendship and loss—what some might call The Dark Side of the human experience.
3) PARISIAN POETRY SCENE: Rousselot is heavily involved with two poetry organizations in Paris: SpokenWord, one of the oldest and most popular english speaking open mic night and writers’ community in Paris, and Paris Lit Up, another poetry community which reads at a bar called Culture Rapide (often called the first Slam poetry bar in Paris).
