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griglia compositiva

07:18 Mar 18, 2015
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Carl Andre poetry
Italian term or phrase: griglia compositiva
L’organizzazione visiva delle parole nella pagina, la funzione della griglia compositiva, l’attenzione alla materialità della parola, l’idea del “trattamento automatico” del testo e, in un certo senso, la modularità stessa degli elementi, dipendono fortemente dall’uso di Andre della macchina da scrivere, questione sulla quale l’artista ritorna spesso nelle interviste, come in questi due casi.
A Cummings, a proposito della griglia, dice: «The grid system for the poems comes from the fact that I was using a mechanical typewriter to write the poems, and as you know a mechanical typewriter has even letter spacing, as opposed to print which has justified lines with unequal letter spacing. A mechanical typewriter is essentially a grid and you cannot evade that» . In dialogo con Robert Morris, oltre a confessare di non avere mai imparato a battere a macchina, Andre si concentra sulla dimensione quasi incisoria della scrittura: «I have used the typewriter as a machine or lathe or saw, to apply letters on the page. I really do feel very tactile using a typewriter. I never learnt to use a typewriter automatically. I can still only type with one finger but that made each operation of typing a very machine-like act. It was like actually embossing or applying physical impressions on to a page, almost as if I had a chisel and was making a cut or a dye and making a mark on metal» . A partire dal 1967, Andre comincia a incorniciare ed esporre le pagine battute a macchina o le copie carbone come opere autonome.
garrett higgins
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typesetting grid


Explanation:
in this context the artistic composition could consist in setting text for printing

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