Numerous artists and theorists since the early 20th century have approached notation with the
idea of analysing the accompanying practices of writing inscription and projection. Throughout
this time we have seen an unusual multiplication of the scope of notation based on new
paradigms that contemplate not only a combination of semiotic systems but also their
expression in varying materialities. The authors offer a wide range of perspectives that are
being developed around what is understood today as notation both from the practice and poetics
of the artists themselves as well as from the theory and critical analysis of specific works.
These approaches show the multiple forms of legibility and significance that make notation an
open type of writing capable of manifesting itself in new and unusual ways in different art
forms. The essays compiled here weave a multilateral and interdisciplinary dialogue between
academics creators and agents from Europe and Latin America that while largely based on
literature and music go beyond disciplinary spheres proposing ways to further explore the
intermedial richness of notation
