The definition of the ‘mise en abyme’ is a depictive or narrative process that frequently occurs in the vanitas depiction of the 17th century. It refers to the lifelessness of the depiction and the absence of the sitter. This is intended as a challenge to the viewer’s imagination in relation to today’s flood of images.
‘Mise en Abyme’, the title originally refers to defining an image within an image. An image that contains itself. Mise en abyme is therefore a specific repetition process on the narrative level, or rather on the level of discourse.