"In 1963 Stelio M. Martini ‘constructs’ “Neurosentimental”, a novel which by the collage technique he carries out a very new fictional strategy shortcircuiting both prose and images in a forest of iconoverbal juxtaposition : a chaotic congealed and paged up film, an unheard-of example of departure from the grammar of visual writing to its syntax, a real and proper visual novel. The year before Martini had ‘constructed’ “Schemi” where, particularly in the section “L’impassibile naufrago” (The impassive outcast) he carries out an internal segmentation of the word, thus reduced to almost asemantic fragments. From 1964 onwards Martini has been proceeding creating a whole series of collages of which here we provide some examples: “Scrittura e/o paesaggio” (Writing and/or landscape –1982): a letter-comet plunging onto the terrestrial horizon. “Immagine-parola” (Image-Word – 1987), an ironic ‘flight into Egypt’ on a speeding car. Another “Image-word “, 1987 with the caption “Les pas toujours récommencés” echoing the well-known line from Valery’s “Cimetière Marin”: “La mer, la mer toujours récommencée”. The two “Lettere morte” (Dead Letters) which could be interpreted as extremely refined still life pictures composed in collage." - Ulu Late, "Stelio Maria Martini"

Sitography: OLTR EIL CHIOSTRO, "Stelio Maria Martini", www.oltreilchiostro.org
www.oltreilchiostro.org/stelio-maria-martini/

ULU LATE, "Stelio Maria Martini", www.ulu-late.com
www.ulu-late.com/english/atlas/martini.htm