Mario Asef Explores Diagrams as Narrative Machines in Artistic Practice

Mario Asef creates diagrams to analyze the narratives, forms, and aesthetics of sociocultural and political structures. This approach allows for artistic works that integrate into everyday life's machinery. The concept of the diagram and the machine emerged nearly simultaneously, with their intrinsic connection evident. Both serve as representations of narrative systems that drive knowledge creation. Narratives themselves are described as the true machines, as they are used to construct both machines and knowledge through diagrammatic means. The article was published on June 5, 2016, by ARTMargins Online, with content available via MIT Press under a subscription-only model. Asef's work emphasizes the interplay between visual representation and systemic understanding in art.