OBS-ART-050
Mangelos — Writing Works
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Negation as Structure
OBS-ART-050
Atlas Index:
OBS-ART-050
Origin:
Balkans
Era:
1960s–1970s
Themes / Lineage:
reduction • erasure • system
Field Notes:
negation • writing • rule
Quiet Modernism appears here as structure defined through deliberate negation.

Negation as Structure

Mangelos — Writing Works

Removal establishes order.

Absence governs relation.

Form persists through denial.

What organizes absence?
Negation is often read as removal alone, yet order remains. Absence establishes relation. What continues is structure formed through refusal.

Negation is often read as removal alone, yet order remains.

Absence establishes relation.

What continues is structure formed through refusal.

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