MATERIALIZING ABSENCE, ABSENT MATERIALS: MIRTHA DERMISACHE, ROLAND BARTHES, AND THE POLITICS OF PUBLISHING

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  • Regine Ehleiter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57871/fkw7720261775

Abstract

ABSTRACT______This article reexamines Mirtha Dermisache’s (1940–2012) art by shifting the focus beyond her widely discussed asemic writing to her engagement with the materials and political dimensions of publishing. Working at the intersection of literature and visual art, Dermisache used media-reflexive strategies to interrogate the conventions of both fields, emphasizing the material and formal aspects of communication. Drawing on unpublished archival materials, including her correspondence with Roland Barthes (1971–1978), the article reconstructs their plans for a collaborative publication. By analyzing her publishing activities — particularly the under-explored beginnings of her practice — within the socio-political constraints of her time, it highlights how Dermisache negotiated the tension between artistic ambition and the practical realities of dissemination, offering a nuanced understanding of her contributions to Conceptualism and the challenges faced by female artists in the Latin America of the time.

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2026-07-29