- Interdisciplinary Project
- Literature & Poetry
- Digital Art
codified absence
Katarina Gotic Damiani, Vince Damiani
3 July 2026 19:00–22:00
4 July 2026 12:00–20:00
"codified absence" is composed entirely of text found in and erased from the pages of the Schengen Borders Code (SBC), the legal framework governing border control and border crossing within the Schengen area. The SBC outlines conditions of entry for third-country nationals and establishes procedures for surveillance and regulation at external and internal borders. It spans fifty-two pages, divided into four titles and further into chapters and articles, forming the textual ground of the work.
Through systematic erasure, "codified absence" draws attention to patterns, repetitions, and silences hidden within the legal text. Meaning gathers in fragments, pauses, and the words that resurface. Erasure, therefore, is a kind of digging.
Through systematic erasure, "codified absence" draws attention to patterns, repetitions, and silences hidden within the legal text. Meaning gathers in fragments, pauses, and the words that resurface. Erasure, therefore, is a kind of digging.
Biography
Katarina Gotic Damiani, Vince Damiani
Katarina Gotic Damiani is a poet and author of three poetry collections—"we need a breathing tongue between" (kith books, 2024), "where am i in the world?" (2025), and "leerlauf" (parasitenpresse, 2026). She has also developed a series of language-based works exploring translinguality, fragmentation, and the loss of mothertongue(s). Katarina lives in Berlin.
Vince Damiani is a sound artist and data scientist. He released the album “below a century, some gold” (2025), and has composed scores for several performance and hybrid works, including “zamelte | dihtung” and “codified absence”. He lives in Berlin.
Vince Damiani is a sound artist and data scientist. He released the album “below a century, some gold” (2025), and has composed scores for several performance and hybrid works, including “zamelte | dihtung” and “codified absence”. He lives in Berlin.
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