In the Confined Space of Identity
After all, identity is the last remaining resource when there is a dearth of tools to imagine a different future, when we close our eyes to the possibilities of alteration.– Francesco Remotti, L’ossessione identitaria (translation by the author) From academic papers to claims in the form of TikTok or Instagram carousels, the leitmotif of the most […]
The Antirenaissance – Magic of the Elements
Art does not feel like abstracting from nature, but, at the same time, it is not content to record it. It engages in a contest, with matter, but remains, perhaps as never before, on its own plane. This way of doing things was recognised in the most elegant way by Tolomei, in the letter we […]
The Antirenaissance – Magic of the Elements
Translation and editing by Matthew Didemus and Filippo Scafi The respect and devotion, we may well say, for the “concept” of water is also manifested in the design of the vessels that are to contain it; especially if they are intended for ceremonial functions, such as political banquets, etc. They also insist, on the presumption […]
The Antirenaissance – Magic of the Elements
Translation and editing by Matthew Didemus and Filippo Scafi “I am convinced that Battisti’s notion of the real is what finally binds together much of this otherwise eclectic book. He uses the word in reference to the city of wood behind the classicizing stone facades, the breaches in decorum that distinguish the nonheroic sculpture of […]
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