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Telefone Sem Fio:                                                                     Word-Things of Augusto de Campos Revisited

Rossana Martinez, "See the World in Orange and Blue," 2011

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November 4 - December 17, 2011                                                                                  

Opening Reception: Friday, November 4th, 6-9pm

In collaboration with Telephone

Artists: Bibi Calderaro, Deric Carner, Brendan Fernandes, Angela Detanico & Rafael Lain, Rossana Martinez, Tom Moody, Trong Gia Nguyen, Jennifer Schmidt, Dannielle Tegeder, and Andrea Van Der Straeten.

Poets: Jean-Sébastien Baillat, Jen Bervin, Ray Bianchi, Macgregor Card, Nico Pam Dick, Kenneth Goldsmith, Thessia Machado, Benjamin Moreno, Charles Perrone, Steve Savage, and Edwin Torres.

Curators: Sharmila Cohen, Paul Legault, Michelle Levy

Lead consultant: Charles Perrone

EFA Project Space, in collaboration with Telephone present Telefone Sem Fio: Word-Things of Augusto de Campos Revisted.  This exhibition uses the work of the Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos as a catalyst for an experimental multi-disciplinary exercise in which an outstanding group of poets, translators and artists, who exist across a continuum of text, sound and visual expression, invent translations of select examples of De Campos' work.

Augusto de Campos is a poet, translator, music critic, and visual artist whose work emphasizes the direct connections between language, sound, and image.  He was one of the originators of Concrete Poetry, an international movement that began in the 1950s and continues to influence the work of musicians, visual artists, and writers today.

Press Release

Fully illustrated catalog/#3 issue of Telephone!

Telefone Sem Fio limited edition catalog produced by Ugly Duckling Presse is no longer available. Only fifty copies of this beautiful object were available. Thank you to all who supported the exhibition through the purchase of a catalog.  
 

Related Events:

November 4: Opening Reception & Performances                                                                                  Readings/Performances begin at 7:45pm

Thessia Machado, performing as link, will do a short solo with 'synf on the radio'. Synf is an analog synthesizer of her own design that combines 3 oscillators and a divider chip – a big racket in a small package. For this performance its signal will be beamed through a radio transmitter to a portable radio, making it go through a series of translations and modulations.

Nico Pam Dick will be reading three concrete poems—transpositions and transmutations of two de Campos pieces—in an effort to induce transfixed and translit states of transport.  She may also transform into Steve Savage and read as/from him.

November 11: The Inter-Arts Poetics of Augusto de Campos                                                                A Conversation with Charles A. Perrone and Guests                                                                                 6:30pm
In conjunction with Telefone Sem Fio: Word-Things of Augusto de Campos Revisited, Charles A. Perrone (University of Florida) will elaborate on the sixty years of incomparable inter-arts poetics in the multifarious work of Augusto de Campos.

A Discussion About Telefone Sem Fio
6:30pm
The artists/poets of Telefone Sem Fio will present a walk-through of their work in the exhibition, along with their experiences in working with Augusto de Campos' poetry.

6:30pm
Tom Moody discusses the animated gif as art form and expands on his mash-up of Augusto de Campos' digital material.
 
Special Performance by Edwin Torres & Sean Meehan and a Game of 'Telephone'
6:00 - 8:00pm
Telephone and guests welcome the public to join in an interactive game of Concrete Poetry themed "Telephone."


Augusto de Campos, Codigo

Special thanks to Ruth and Marvin Sackner of the Sackner Archive for Concrete and Visual Poetry for lending several original Augusto de Campos books and prints on display for the exhibition; and to Eyebeam Art + Technology for technical support.

For press-related inquiries, please contact Michelle Levy, Director, EFA Project Space at michelle@efanyc.org. 

*In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, EFA Project Space will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25. We will resume normal hours on Saturday, Nov. 26, 12-6pm.