It’s difficult to imagine a more accurate depiction of the Latin spectrum (image, performance) and its relationship to the spirit (spectra). All of these mirrored and multiplied reflections are caught in an endless wandering with recording and playback, where, according to Mark Fisher, “in some important sense, there is no present that can be captured and articulated.”
The spirit foretold Dante’s expulsion from Florence as he wandered beyond, adding: “as far-sighted, each of us discovers /… / only future times, / only so much does the cherry light envelop us.” / The closer they get, the greater the dangers / our record gets worse, without explanation / we don’t know how you live for yourself now.”
How do we live for ourselves now? It is completely invisible to us, girded as we are by a chronic lack of time, which apparitions haunt us, and which invisible hands so tenaciously defend them. Perhaps this is why “Da me stesso non vegno” surrounds us with a lower light (infrared spectrum) to identify us as ghosts. Because, as Derrida puts it in Specters de Marx, “the future belongs to ghosts.”
AUTHORS:
Stran22 is a collective of visual and performative artists, architects and designers, original music, and poets. They are intertwined with different skills and are linked by a desire to discover new artistic expressions outside of conventional approaches.
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