Death of the Author: Journey of a Manuscript

Photography, mixed media, painting, installation.

Hall 1 introduces the central narrative: the breaking point at which a manuscript leaves the author and begins an autonomous existence. Through a combination of photography, mixed media and a symbolic rope installation, the hall stages the dissolution of authorship — a moment of separation where the text gains its own agency. The works explore loss of control, the afterlife of narrative and the manuscript’s first steps into the world as a living body.

“Point of Separation”

Installation
300×100×40 cm
Rope, oversized book object

The installation marks the moment when the manuscript detaches from its author — a physical point of separation between creation and creator. A rope suspended from the ceiling intersects with an oversized book object ("NOVEL"), staging the tension between authorship, identity, and the loss of control that underlies the series Death of the Author.