Resumen

GIORDANO, Alberto. Tracing Life. Notes on Ikebana política [Political Ikebana] by Claudia del Río. La Palabra [online]. 2018, n.32, pp.129-138. ISSN 0121-8530.  https://doi.org/10.19053/01218530.n32.2018.8167.

This paper attempts a critical reading of Ikebana política, the book edition of a series of fragments extracted from the diaries and personal notebooks of the Argentinian artist Claudia del Río. We focus on two topics: a) ethical and aesthetic similarities between the composition of rhapsodic books using the collage technique and the montage of a drawing exhibition, and b) the ways in which the publication of personal writing responds -through the fragmentation and dispersion of egotistical traits- to the modern imperative of transforming one's life into a work of art. This paper also explores the ethical scope of self-writing when read as a series of spiritual exercises, as well as the relation between the archival impulse pushes forth the composition of Ikebana política, and the self-figuration of the author as artist and self-taught teacher.

Palabras clave : Claudia del Río; Ikebana Política; Life and art; Self writing; Spiritual exercises.

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