In this transformed edition of The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics, the book becomes a layered architectural structure, carved into a pattern reminiscent of ornate windows or geometric screens. Each successive layer reveals a deeper frame, drawing the viewer inward through a sequence of repeating shapes that create a sense of depth, symmetry, and quiet drama.

The whimsical tone of the original novel—its blend of historical parody and playful absurdity—is countered here with a precise, almost solemn geometry. The text, once lively and narrative-driven, is fragmented into a backdrop of partial sentences and stray words, no longer telling a story but forming a textured surface behind the carved lattice. A small, intentionally visible printed illustration of a ship anchors the piece to the book’s fictional world, while the surrounding cuts shift it into abstraction.

The architecture emerges solely through removal. This subtractive process transforms a comic adventure into a contemplative object, inviting viewers to navigate its spaces as one might explore a fictional landscape—moving through layers, encountering traces, and discovering quiet moments where narrative and form intersect.