Johanna Drucker, Susan Bee, and the Performance of A Girl’s Life

Abstract

Nato dalla collaborazione fra la poetessa visiva Johanna Drucker e la pittrice Susan Bee, A Girl’s Life (2002) impiega materiali eterogenei della cultura popolare (riviste per adolescenti, libri di lettura “Dick and Jane”, copertine pulp), adesivi, sagome di carta, figurazione originale, variazione grafica e tipografica, per sfatare i cliché sulla vita di una giovane donna. Contravvenendo alle convenzioni letterarie e a relazioni verbo-visive tradizionali, questo libro d’artista coinvolge i lettori in una performance eccentrica che si fa beffe dei copioni narrativi, testuali e di genere, esplorando forme di visualizzazione in grado di favorire nuove percezioni, visioni e cambiamenti dentro e fuori dalla pagina.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-228

Parole chiave: Johanna Drucker, Susan Bee, collaboration, word-image relationships, artist’s book, textual performance, girl culture and discourse.

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