Visual Transformations of Writing in the European Literary Space: Between the Avantgarde, Mid-Twentieth Century Experimentation and the Work of Joan Brossa

At the beginning of 2024, the Càtedra Joan Brossa at the University of Barcelona, represented by its director, Prof. Glòria Bordons, and Prof. Jordi Marrugat Domenech, a member of its Comissió de Seguiment from the same University, in collaboration with the Joan Brossa Foundation, outlined a highly strategic project, in which the University of Turin, in the person of Prof. Veronica Orazi, was involved for collaboration. The project consisted of the Italian translation of a Joan Brossa’s anthology, containing some of his most representative works in terms of aesthetics and poetics, edited by Glòria Bordons and its dissemination, as well as the organization of a conference focused on the key moments in its evolution, represented by the Historical Avantgarde, the experiments of the immediately successive movements, the Neo-Avantgarde and its projection to the present day, as well as the figure, work and key role of Joan Brossa (Barcelona 1919-1998) within that scenario. The aim was to emphasizing the hybridization of such artistic expressions and the prominence of the Catalan artist in those years of intense transformation, absolutely transcendental for European culture