The tenth issue of Viceversa opens an investigation into kitsch in order to understand the reasons for its elusiveness and to collectively approach its mystery. Within this space – whose boundaries are undefined, as the nature of the theme suggests – it is desirable to bring out multiple horizons of meaning that give rise to new theoretical devices and interpretative tools. This is the question that Viceversa 10 asks the authors: what is kitsch today? Moving freely within the theme, violating the rule of harmonic unity, each author interprets kitsch through the analysis of formal structures, techniques, applications and reactions. The aim, therefore, is to reconstruct and update the "contemporary atlas" in a fragmented way and restore a panorama made up of strident images and phantasmagorical architecture. In some cases the works try not to alter their nature; in others, however, as Walter Benjamin recalls, they pretend to maintain a "lost aura".
Il decimo numero di Viceversa propone un’inchiesta sul kitsch sia per comprendere le ragioni della sua sfuggevolezza, sia per avvicinarsi collettivamente al suo mistero. All’interno di questo spazio – dai confini indefiniti, come la natura del tema suggerisce – è auspicabile far emergere molteplici orizzonti di senso che danno luogo a nuovi dispositivi teorici e strumenti interpretativi. Questa è la domanda che Viceversa 10 rivolge agli autori: cosa è oggi il kitsch? Muovendosi liberamente all’interno del tema, violando la regola dell’unità armonica, ciascun autore interpreta il kitsch attraverso l’analisi di strutture formali, tecniche, applicazioni e reazioni. Il fine, quindi, è quello di ricostruire e aggiornare in maniera frammentaria “l’atlante contemporaneo” per restituire un panorama fatto da immagini stridenti e fantasmagoriche architetture. In alcuni casi le opere tentano di non alterare la propria natura; in altri invece, come direbbe Walter Benjamin, fingono di mantenere salda un’“aura perduta”.
Kitsch / DI MELE, Damiano. - In: VICEVERSA. - ISSN 2421-2687. - (2023).
Kitsch
Damiano Di Mele
2023
Abstract
The tenth issue of Viceversa opens an investigation into kitsch in order to understand the reasons for its elusiveness and to collectively approach its mystery. Within this space – whose boundaries are undefined, as the nature of the theme suggests – it is desirable to bring out multiple horizons of meaning that give rise to new theoretical devices and interpretative tools. This is the question that Viceversa 10 asks the authors: what is kitsch today? Moving freely within the theme, violating the rule of harmonic unity, each author interprets kitsch through the analysis of formal structures, techniques, applications and reactions. The aim, therefore, is to reconstruct and update the "contemporary atlas" in a fragmented way and restore a panorama made up of strident images and phantasmagorical architecture. In some cases the works try not to alter their nature; in others, however, as Walter Benjamin recalls, they pretend to maintain a "lost aura".I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.