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Concrete Encoded : Poetry, Design, and the Cybernetic Imaginary in Brazil.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfson, Nathaniel.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- A study of concrete art and poetry, its implications, and influence in Brazil.Concrete art and poetry burst onto Brazil's cultural stage in the 1950s, while the country was embarking on a dizzying period of modernization.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction. THE AESTHETICS AND POLITICS OF CODE
- Chapter 1. JUST SEMANTICS: HAROLDO DE CAMPOSS AMORAL MACHINES
- Chapter 2. MIRA SCHENDELS HERMENEUTICS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
- Chapter 3. JOAO CABRAL DE MELO NETOS PROSTHETIC LANDSCAPES
- Chapter 4. CODE-PATTERNS: ALOISIO MAGALHAESS CYBERNETIC-POPULAR DESIGN
- Epilogue. ON LIFE AND APOPHANTICS
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4773-3254-5
- 1-4773-3255-3
- OCLC:
- 1528510118
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