Das Offene Kunstwerk by Umberto Eco

Forma e indeterminazione nelle poetiche contemporanee

A theoretical study of modern artistic practice arguing that many twentieth-century works intentionally leave structure and meaning indeterminate so that the audience or performer becomes a co‑creator; the book contrasts ‘closed’ works with fixed meanings against ‘open’ works that offer multiple possible realizations, examines techniques (from variable notation and chance procedures to ambiguous narrative strategies) that produce polyvalence, and situates this shift within broader cultural and semiotic transformations, showing how openness changes the relationship among creator, work, and public.

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