The text published in
Villa is a risograph printed transcript of a heretofore unpublished manuscript by Emilio Villa, written around 1962 and addressed to the painter
Mario Schifano. The publication remains faithful to the original document and thus there have been no spelling or language corrections.
“stop the World, Mwarrio!
cut the World, Mwarrio!
cast off
te Time
(last year
or
last eternity)”