“Io vedo il linguaggio”: The Sign Between Image and Writing in Giulia Marchi’s Work

Before becoming a bearer of meaning, the word is a trace, a form that remains, a sign that tra verses space and preserves the possibility of something that has been said, thought, or seen.  The trace does not coincide with what it represents. Rather, it is what remains of it. In this sense,  the word can be understood as a form of memory: it names something that is not necessarily  present, yet continues to appear through language. Neon makes this condition visible. The word  becomes light, while light itself constitutes a fragile, immaterial presence, perpetually suspended  between appearance and disappearance. The word is removed from the page and transformed  into a luminous structure. Letters become matter, drawing, and light; language assumes a three-dimensional presence and presents itself to the viewer first as an image to be seen and only  subsequently as a text to be read. Neon thus introduces a perceptual shift: the meaning of the  word does not disappear, but is accompanied by its visual dimension. The shape of the letters,  their luminosity, scale, and spatial arrangement become constitutive elements of the work to the  same extent as its semantic meaning.

Speakers:  Andrea Cortellessa (Literary Historian and Art Critic), Danilo Montanari (Publisher), Alessandro Luppi (Gallerist), Giulia Marchi (Artist)

Language: Italian

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Immagina, Giulia Marchi