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Erasing Language: An Analysis on Vincenzo Agnetti’s Axioms

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Abstract

The present dissertation aims to highlight the process of language erasure that Vincenzo Agnetti employs in his artistic production, with a specific focus on the aesthetic features and the ‘narrations’ present in the Axioms series, related to absence and void. Throughout the study of these works, with reference to the poetic vision of the artist – for example, the concept of ‘forgotten by heart’ – it will be shown how the notion of void traverses the Axioms: meditations on memory, temporality and space are fundamental for a broader reflection on absence related to experience, in an existential and political sense.


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Submitted: Oct. 15, 2025 | Published Dec. 15, 2025 | Language: en

Keywords Axioms • Erasure • Language • Memory • Vincenzo Agnetti

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