L'infini culturel est autour de nous, mais, comme l'horizon, il tend fuir sous nos yeux. Il est sur les murs investis par le street art; ou dans les toiles d'araign e auxquelles Tom s Saraceno a rendu hommage; ou dans les timbres-poste qui, comme savaient Walter Benjamin et Italo Calvino, sont des fen tres ouvertes sur le monde. Quelles que soient ses manifestations, l'infini nous engage consid rer l'extraordinaire diversit de la plan te. Face lui, que faire, en litt rature ? Rester humble, par exemple, et formuler des hypoth ses ad quates. Tenter de d jouer les asym tries qui emp chent les uns et les autres de s'exprimer partout dans de bonnes conditions. Revoir les fondements de la world literature et se mettre en r sonance avec une culture authentiquement plan taire.
Cultural infinity surrounds us; but, just like the horizon, it tends to run away right in front of our eyes. It might appear on walls full of street art; in the spider webs deeply esteemed by Tom s Saraceno; in postage stamps which, as Walter Benjamin and Italo Calvino acknowledged, are open windows on the world. Whatever its manifestations, the infinite dares us to consider the extraordinary diversity of the planet. In front of such a challenge, what can we do with literature? Stay humble, for example, and formulate adequate hypotheses. Try to reduce the asymmetries that prevent us from expressing ourselves everywhere in good conditions. Build the foundations of world literature and resonate with an authentically global culture.
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