Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense

This paper punctuates some stages of the so-called "informational" theory of the image, which resignifies iconicity as data retention. It would first go to the origin, hypostatizing the horizontal reverse of forms theorized by Paul Valéry, crystallized at the extreme modernist edge of Leo...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcello Sessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Ocula 2024-06-01
Series:Ocula
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-30-SESSA-Dattilogrammatica-il-typewriter-poem-come-paradigma-dellimma
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841543631850176512
author Marcello Sessa
author_facet Marcello Sessa
author_sort Marcello Sessa
collection DOAJ
description This paper punctuates some stages of the so-called "informational" theory of the image, which resignifies iconicity as data retention. It would first go to the origin, hypostatizing the horizontal reverse of forms theorized by Paul Valéry, crystallized at the extreme modernist edge of Leo Steinberg's "flatbed picture plane". And then to the Walter Benjamin of the reproducible, edited, anti-auratic image; it would also pass through the technological aesthetics of Max Bense, which arose in conjunction with concrete poetry. The essay would trace this itinerary with the analysis of a specific example, the "typewriter poem", going beyond the usual concretist lesson. It would finally demonstrate, with three case studies, how much the linguistic-typographical display alone can be a "tabula", on which a variety of functions of representation can act, in the form of data: graphic-pictorial (Eugen Gomringer), plastic (Carl Andre and Minimalism), sonic (Giovanni Fontana).
format Article
id doaj-art-a7a2210bb8b84ee79bff053393f5f7e3
institution Kabale University
issn 1724-7810
language English
publishDate 2024-06-01
publisher Associazione Ocula
record_format Article
series Ocula
spelling doaj-art-a7a2210bb8b84ee79bff053393f5f7e32025-01-13T09:36:47ZengAssociazione OculaOcula1724-78102024-06-0125710.57576/ocula2024-10Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max BenseMarcello Sessa0Marcello Sessa Ricercatore indipendente, ITThis paper punctuates some stages of the so-called "informational" theory of the image, which resignifies iconicity as data retention. It would first go to the origin, hypostatizing the horizontal reverse of forms theorized by Paul Valéry, crystallized at the extreme modernist edge of Leo Steinberg's "flatbed picture plane". And then to the Walter Benjamin of the reproducible, edited, anti-auratic image; it would also pass through the technological aesthetics of Max Bense, which arose in conjunction with concrete poetry. The essay would trace this itinerary with the analysis of a specific example, the "typewriter poem", going beyond the usual concretist lesson. It would finally demonstrate, with three case studies, how much the linguistic-typographical display alone can be a "tabula", on which a variety of functions of representation can act, in the form of data: graphic-pictorial (Eugen Gomringer), plastic (Carl Andre and Minimalism), sonic (Giovanni Fontana).https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-30-SESSA-Dattilogrammatica-il-typewriter-poem-come-paradigma-dellimmaimage theoryleo steinbergeugen gomringercarl andregiovanni fontana
spellingShingle Marcello Sessa
Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
Ocula
image theory
leo steinberg
eugen gomringer
carl andre
giovanni fontana
title Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
title_full Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
title_fullStr Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
title_full_unstemmed Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
title_short Dattilogrammatica. Il "typewriter poem" come paradigma dell'immagine "informazionale" sulla scorta di Paul Valéry, Leo Steinberg, Walter Benjamin, Max Bense
title_sort dattilogrammatica il typewriter poem come paradigma dell immagine informazionale sulla scorta di paul valery leo steinberg walter benjamin max bense
topic image theory
leo steinberg
eugen gomringer
carl andre
giovanni fontana
url https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-30-SESSA-Dattilogrammatica-il-typewriter-poem-come-paradigma-dellimma
work_keys_str_mv AT marcellosessa dattilogrammaticailtypewriterpoemcomeparadigmadellimmagineinformazionalesullascortadipaulvaleryleosteinbergwalterbenjaminmaxbense