Per un'estetica dell'espressione. Il Plusêtre nel Closlieu di Arno Stern

The concept of expression is closely related to the key-problem of mimesis and its dialectic between production and re-production. The Jeu de Peindre by Arno Stern offers a privileged vantage point in this regard by releasing painting from any communicative purpose and discovering in it a channel for the emergence of organic memory. However, there is a singular removal of this experience from scientific studies, including those of aesthetics. The aim of this paper is to begin to remedy this lack with an initial investigation into the Formulation. More specifically, after a methodological premise, the article analyzes its conditions of possibility within the Closlieu - the particular space-time developed by the French pioneer - and deepens its fundamental characteristics, tracing similarities and differences with other expressive forms and letting its distinctive feature appear: the Plusêtre.