Poetic Boom Boom: Visual Poetry Exhibition at Treviso's Gallerie delle Prigioni

Gallerie delle Prigioni in Treviso hosts 'Poetic Boom Boom', an exhibition dedicated to visual poetry, running until April 7. The show is the third event since the space's opening and part of Luciano Benetton's Imago Mundi project. It features 44 works from the Imago Mundi Visual Poetry in Europe collection, which includes 210 pieces. Visual poetry emerged in the 1950s as part of the European neo-avant-garde movement, transforming words into iconic subjects that are both readable and visible. The works critique mass culture and address social and political issues through assemblage, juxtapositions of text and images, drawings, and typographic scripts. Techniques include print, photography, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, spanning from the 1960s to the present.