Writing, within its communicative function, also constitutes a visual index of artistic styles, and since art is a determining part of culture that shapes both physical and immaterial heritage, through its analysis it is possible to deduce the worldview that governs the historical and social processes of a given context.  

Focusing on Arabic writing, after a visualization of writings in aljamiado produced around the 16th century in the Iberian Peninsula and, on the other hand, the production of hurufiyya works from the second half of the 20th century by artists from various Arab-script countries, it is possible to visualize a certain parallelism between both styles that, although inserted in different spaces and times, may indicate the repetition of similar cultural and social processes. 

 

About the speaker:
Marta Pérez Castro – Graduated in Fine Arts specializing in Graphic Design and Printmaking from the University of Seville (2013), senior technician in Ceramics at the School of Art of Seville (2017) and student of Arabic at the Institute of Languages. After traveling and meeting artists and teachers in Palestine, Morocco, Paris and Madrid, she begins to research and study the field of writing and calligraphy. Currently, as a PhD student in Art and Heritage at the U.S., she is researching the use of Arabic script and also collaborates in projects related to the Andalusian memory, participating in workshops, congresses and exhibitions as well as with publications in the graphic and editorial field.