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Sjöberg, Sami. "Natura denaturans: Asemicism and Surreal Interconnectedness in the Codex Seraphinianus." Image [&] Narrative 20. 1 2019. Accessed 4Apr. 2019. <http://www.imageandnarr ... ative/article/view/2064>. Added by: joachim (4/4/19, 4:57 PM) |
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| Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: 2019b Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Codex Seraphinianus", Avantgarde, Identity, Italy, Randformen des Comics, Representation, Serafini. Luigi, Surrealism Creators: Sjöberg Collection: Image [&] Narrative |
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The Codex Seraphinianus is a visually engaging but indecipherable book, laden with asemic writing and evocative images depicting imaginary species and surreal objects. This essay argues that the script and images are equally asemic, but the latter’s lack of representation is determined in a distinct manner. The strategy is here termed natura denaturans (“nature unnaturing”), denoting a process where recognisable objects are combined in a way that renders them not only unfamiliar but also ‘unnatural’. Hereby the Codex aims to defy the ontological identity and stability of species while indicating what may be hidden in the natural world. The comparative biology of the author and sociologist Roger Caillois suggests that the mind depicting this unnaturality is necessarily a part of the very nature it seeks to cognitively repudiate.
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