Künste des Dazwischen als Künste der Transgression

Text-Bild-Relationen in Diana Salus cartas para ninguém

Abstract

Diana Salu’s text cartas para ninguém (2019) combines poetry, comic, autobiography and sketchbook. The transversal crossing of social framings is particularly related to the author’s identity as a lesbian trans* woman. The present study analyses the interplay between genre and gender in Salu’s text and argues that it should be understood as a work in progress, as an ongoing effort to write against external attributions. It is precisely the deliberate shifting of attention to the open spaces, the empty spots and the silent moments that make Salu’s work a work of the in-between, which invites readers not only to confront their own viewing habits, but also to relate with others and, through this, to assume agency.