Musica visiva / colori immateriali. Tentazioni sinestesiche e prospettive intermediali negli anni Sessanta-Settanta

The legacy of Wagner’s ‘unity of the arts’, passed through the season of the historical Avant-gardes, re-emerged in 60s and 70s, when the phenomenon of cross-media exploded and a new idea of ‘total work’ stated itself. In the field of music the score came to connote itself for the visual part that characterizes it, and the iconicity of writing prevailed. In the field of visual arts, the trend to overstep statutes, moved towards the conquest of immateriality, which is typical of the musical expression.