Barbarian Currents Anthology Maps 50 Years of Brazilian Media Art
Open Humanities Press has published a new anthology titled *Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts*. Edited by Gabriel Menotti and German Alfonso Nunez, the book encompasses 416 pages, documenting the development of New Media and Computer Arts in Brazil since World War II. Divided into four distinct sections—focusing on code, social systems, moving images, and personal computing—the collection features contributions from the Concretism movement and highlights works by artists like Eduardo Kac and Lucas Bambozzi, many of which are presented in English for the first time. The book is set for release in 2025.
Key facts
- Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts is published by Open Humanities Press in 2025
- The book runs 416 pages in English with ISBN 978-1785421433
- Gabriel Menotti and German Alfonso Nunez edited the anthology
- The volume stems from the Entangled Traditions research project, which Menotti led for over five years
- Four sections cover code and language, social communication systems, moving images, and personal computers
- The Concretism-focused section includes texts from the 1950s to the 1970s by Augusto de Campos, Waldemar Cordeiro and Walter Zanini
- Eduardo Kac and Frederico Morais appear in the section on networks under totalitarian rule
- Most texts are translated into English for the first time
Entities
Artists
- Gabriel Menotti
- German Alfonso Nunez
- Augusto de Campos
- Waldemar Cordeiro
- Walter Zanini
- Eduardo Kac
- Frederico Morais
- Lucas Bambozzi
- Solange Farkas
- Arlindo Machado
- Christine Mello
Institutions
- Open Humanities Press
- Entangled Traditions
Locations
- Brazil
- United Kingdom