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Epilogue: Memory of Signs

In the history of humanity, the image came first, followed by pictograms and hieroglyphs, which in turn gave birth to writing. A timeless dialogue unfolds between artists who position their works between images (picto) and script (graphy), in search of a hybridization of the two. The result is a unified language of expression, at once spontaneous and controlled, expressive and codified, erratic and deliberate. The revered practice of calligraphy, a meditative form of expression which has endured across cultures and time, reverberates today by means of rhythmic repetition endowed with a contemplative quality. From prehistoric rock art to digital media, these objects offer tangible evidence of a collective human story, where fundamental concerns like writing, painting, ritual, and gesture highlight the permanence of the creative act and the shared struggle to leave a trace.