Faithful to the Wor(l)d. Visual Texts, Responsibility and the Issue of Translation

Abstract My work here focuses on translation and migration, with specific reference to the field of visual arts, exploiting kind approach suggested by Loredana Polezzi – mostly applied linguistic in her “Translation Migration”. contention is that, though apparently mimetic universally understandable, images are culture-bound they need being translated when crossing a border. The process becomes more complex represented object/events/person framed within much-debated politically overloaded issue. Focusing definite time (today) space (the Mediterranean Sea), I select some artistic projects both Western non-Western artists, pursuing twofold objective. want show how selected works raise issue responsibility reflect “language” use “translate” an untranslatable experience into understandable message.