Silence as understanding limit: an approach to its application in works by Shimon Attie and Alfred Jaar’s

Abstract

What   is   the   role   of   silence   in   the   representation   of   war?   To

what  extent  silence  constitutes  an  expressive  resource  which

is   implicated   not   only   in   the   discourse   but   also   in   the   form,

thereby   increasing   the   possibilities   of   representation   in   art?

The   present   paper   tries   to   outline   an   answer   for   these

questions  in  order  to  show  that  silence  can  reach  far  further

than   the   limits   commonly   associated   with   it.   It   therefore

plays   an   extremely   important   role   at   sociopolitical   and

cultural  levels.