PONTO-LINHA-PLANO [2015]
MOSTRA [Lisbon, Portugal]
Ana Velez
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The geometric point is an invisible thing. Therefore, it must be defined as an incorporeal thing. Considered in terms of substance, it equals zero.
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The geometric line is an invisible thing. It is the track made by the moving point; that is, its product. It is created by movement - specifically through the destruction of the intense self-contained repose of the point. Here, the leap out of the static into the dynamic occurs. The line is, therefore, the greatest antithesis to the pictorial proto - element - the point. Viewed in the strictest sense, it can be designated as a secondary element.
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The term "basic plane" is understood to mean the material plane which concept is called upon to receive the content of the work of art.
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Vasili Kandinsky, Point and line to plane, 1926
