Between writing and art: The invention of Mandombe

• Autores: Ramón Sarró Maluquer
• Localización: Terrain, ISSN 0760-5668, Nº. 70, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Écritures), págs. 104-115
• Idioma: francés
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  • The Mandombe, graphic system invented by David Wabeladio Payi, responds to complex logic. As a system of writing and artistic creation, entirely conceived from the 5 and 2-shaped symbols that Wabeladio recognized in the lines joining the bricks of the wall of his bedroom, the Mandombe is a good example of writing that does not respond to the great classical functions. Wabeladio chose to prioritize mathematical elegance over ease, the spirit of system on simple efficiency, developing a script serving more support for the semiotic or aesthetic imagination than a simple transcription of languages.