ABSTRACT
The text/image relation is not a mortal combat but an energetic, fruitful collaboration that culminates into the pictorial third; text and image are, thus, interdependent, connected in a dialectic, fruitful oscillation. The fact that the image appears summoned by the text, as its Other, as a recurrent need, shows that language is image, that there is always interpretation. Discourse is nothing but a constant reactivation of other discourses, the words reactivate other words and so do the images, pointing to more images that are already there, imported and deciphered by language. Combined with the text—even a minimal one, in the form of a title or signature—in a text/image construct, the image shows that the text may be necessary so as not to misconstrue the meaning. Besides, the text/image relation also reveals the inscription of a singularity, an aesthetic choice, made in a way that is much more than style.
