Morana Alač University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive #0503 alac AT ucsd.edu Communication and Science Studies La Jolla, CA 92093-0503 (858)534-7229
Why has the writer's dream of painting died out? What has replaced it? Nowadays, the representational codes are shattered to make room for a multiple space no longer on painting (the "picture") but rather on the theater (the stage), as Mallarmé predicted, or at least wished.