Exhibition “Writing and Counting”

On the occasion of the bicentennial celebration of the deciphering of hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion, the French Institute in Egypt partners with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology for an exhibition entitled “Writing and Counting,” making all forms of writing the motive for an aesthetic bias.

In the form of paintings, installations, computer programs and artists’ books, all the works of art gathered around this theme will offer an alternative reading to the writing forms that enable us to describe the world around us.