The poemanto: essay to write (with) the body

Created in 2000, when Ricardo Aleixo was a director and performer in the Sociedade Lira Eletrônica Black Maria, the poemanto is defined by the artist as a type of wearable art - similar to Hélio Oiticica's (1937-1980) parangolés. More than just a mere support for his corpographies, it is a kind of "second skin" with which Aleixo relates to on stage, aiming to attempt the relativization of the dichotomous subject/object opposition. Ricardo Aleixo's performance will be based on the projection of poemanto's records, captured in photographs and video fragments shot in and outside of Brazil, as well as on Aleixo's practical demonstration of his evolution with the piece.

The performance will be followed by a conversation with the artist moderated by André Lepecki (Performance Studies) and Susana Costa Amaral (Ph.D. Candidate)

In Portuguese with English translation 

Sponsored by Performance Studies, PASSO, CLACS, and KJCC

Ricardo's Bio: Intermedia artist and researcher of Literatures, other arts, and media, Ricardo Aleixo received from UFMG, in 2021, the title of Notório Saber, equivalent to the degree of Ph.D. He has published 18 books, among which Modelos vivo (Ed. Crisálida, 2010) and the most recent ones, Extraquadro (Ed. Impressões de Minas/LIRA, 2021 - one of the 5 finalists of the 2022 Jabuti Prize), Sonhei com o anjo da guarda o resto da noite (However, 2022) and Campo Alegre (Conceito Editorial, col. BH - A Cidade de Cada Um, 2022). His artworks mix poetry, fictional prose, philosophy, ethnopoetics, anthropology, history, music, radio art, visual arts, video, dance, theater, performance, and urban studies. He has performed in almost all Brazilian states and in the following countries: Argentina, Germany, Portugal, USA, Spain, Mexico, France, and Switzerland. His works are exhibited in the permanent exhibitions Rua da Língua and Falares (Portuguese Language Museum / São Paulo, Brazil).

***Registration is recommended for this event. Registration will close at 5pm the day of the event.