Poema-Processo Book Chronicles Brazilian Visual Poetry Movement

Gustavo Nóbrega, who runs Galeria Superfície, has put together a fascinating book called 'Poema-Processo,' published by Martins Fontes. It tells the story of the first National Concrete Art Exhibition held at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art in 1956, featuring artists like Augusto de Campos and Ferreira Gullar, among others. In 1959, Gullar and several others backed the Neo-Concrete Manifesto. The Poema-Processo movement started in 1967 with Wlademir Dias-Pino and included over 70 artists and poets, even some from Uruguay and Argentina. Nóbrega’s book, which costs R$ 120 and spans 320 pages, highlights the unique approach these artists took toward poetry, treating it as something that could be physically interacted with.