Taxonomy

The creation of a taxonomy for organizing and classifying a diverse array of materials such those that constitute the digital archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature is a challenging task for the researchers. Our system for organizing a selected corpus combines several typologies of classification, organized in two main areas: Materialities and Transtextualities.

Materialities

The medium of the items, i.e., their material nature.

Performative > Readings and other artistic practices which are performed live with the possibility of audience participation: Audio recordings, Photographs, Video recordings of live Performances, Readings and Plays, as well as their Preparatory texts.

Planographic > Bidimensional works presented on flat surfaces using various techniques of inscription: Calligraphies, Collages, Drawings, Paintings, Printing, Digital Printing, Electrographies, Engravings, Letraset, Letterpress, Serigraphies, Stencils, and Typescripts.

Digital > Works produced by computational processes (generative, permutational, intermedia, etc.), as well as their related documents: Codes, Emulations, Preparatory texts, Printed texts, Recreations, and Rereadings.

Three-dimensional > Permanent or ephemeral three-dimensional works presented or installed in art galleries, buildings, parks, and other private or public spaces: Artists’ Books, Assemblages, Installations (Photographs, Preparatory Texts), Object-poems, Sculptures.

Phonographic > Works that were originally conceived as sound recordings, as well as related documents: Typescripts, Phonograms, Scores, and Preparatory texts.

Videographic > Works that were originally conceived as videopoems or other kinds of videoworks, as well as related documents: Storyboards, Videograms (Preparatory texts, Photographs), Videograms.

Transtextualities

System of “relations” which includes reflexive manifestations of the symbolic systems involved.

Autograph MetatextualitiesTexts about the works and artistic practices produced by the authors themselves: Afterwords, Articles in Magazines and Journals, Articles in Newspapers, Books and Monographs, Chapters in Books, Critical Essays, Documentaries, Interviews, Introductions, Manifestos, Prefaces, Reviews, Theses and Dissertations.

Alograph MetatextualitiesTexts about the works and artistic practices produced by agents other than the authors: Afterwords, Articles in Magazines and Journals, Articles in Newspapers, Books and Monographs, Chapters in Books, Critical Essays, Documentaries, Interviews, Introductions, Prefaces, Reviews, Theses and Dissertations.

ParatextualitiesTextual elements that help to frame works and artistic practices: Catalogues, Covers, and Posters.

HypertextualitiesTexts that are explicitly derived from other texts: Citations – textual fragments from different sources -, Parodies and pastiches, as well as all texts that rewrite or explicitly refer other texts.

Exhibits


This area of the Digital Archive of PO.EX aims to disseminate exhibitions, shows, cycles and other activities related to Portuguese Experimental Poetry.


Ana Hatherly: Anagram of Writing

The «Ana Hatherly: Anagram of Writing» cycle took place at Cais do Sodré, Lisbon, between 06-30-2016 and 06-07-2016, during the Festival Silêncio 2016, having as Commissioner Manuel Portela.


A LIVING ARCHIVE IS AN ANARCHIVE!

Presentation and Remixing of the Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature. Five (5) sessions with debate and audiovisual remix by Retroescavadora – an artistic intervention collective. Guests: André Sier, Bruno Ministro. First Saturdays from January to May 2015, at 5:00 p.m., at Livraria Gato Vadio, Porto.


Collective Exhibits

Collective exhibits involving authors or works related to experimental poetry, in museums, galleries or other spaces.


EV.EX – Experimental Évora

A co-production between Oficina do Espírito and Évora City Council in support of Évora’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2027.


Individual Exhibits

Individual exhibits of authors related to experimental poetry, in various museums, galleries and other spaces.


In the PO.EX Writings

The cycle “In the PO.EX Writings” took place in Casa da Escrita, in Coimbra, between 2012 and 2013, having as Commissioner Jorge Pais de Sousa.


Guided Tours to the Archive

The PO.EX Spaces section invites researchers, digital curators and other interested parties to use the works available in this Archive for the creation of virtual exhibitions.


Genres

Antecedents

Remote idealizations and achievements; pioneers; aesthetic and material antecedents of experimental poetry. Included in this category are the visual texts of the 17th and 18th centuries – Labyrinths, Acrostics, Anagrams; but also some texts of Futurism and Dadaism that tended towards visuality.


Electrography and Copy Art

Intersemiotic form based on the creative exploration of the photocopier, problematizing the processuality and performativity of the instruments, machine and materials thus promoting a synthesis between the literary and visual arts that extends to the field of technology in its reflection on medial inscription, appropriation and reproduction.


Experimental Fiction

Form of narrative, prose, or fictional structure based in a non-linear organization of the signifiers, promoting the fragmentation of traditional narrative diegesis, as well as the use of unexpected relationships between writing, sound, and image – as well as its relationship at the level of meaning.


Performance Poetry

Form of poetry based on multidisciplinary live action, thereby extending the poetic field to the expressiveness of the body and to the social and spatial context of the performed action. (Also known as: Perfopoetry; Poetry-performance; Performance; Poetic action).


Concrete Poetry

Form of poetry based on the spatial organization and constellation of signifiers, leading to the abandonment of lines and stanzas as major rhythmic-formal units which are replaced by homologies and iconic relations between writing, sound, image and meaning.


Digital Poetry

Form of poetry that uses the computer as a creative machine, thereby promoting a symbiosis between artist and machine based on the exploration of combinatorial, random, multimodal and interactive algorithms. (Also known as: Cybernetic poetry; Electronic poetry; Cyberliterature).


Spatial Poetry

Form of poetry based on intersemiotic processes in which various sign systems (visual, audible, verbal, kinetic, performative) and materialities (three dimensional, objectual, media) are invoked and used in an expressive way.


Sound Poetry

Form of poetry based on the expressiveness of the phonetic aspects of language, as well as the vocal processes involved in sound emission, thereby extending the concept of poem to that of musical composition, usually associated with performative manifestations and live actions, but also produced either by audio recordings or by the visual representation of the score. (Also known as: Phonetic poetry).


Visual Poetry

Form of poetry based on the dissolution of the boundaries between visual and literary genres, in which the poem becomes a hybrid and intermedia entity, thereby overcoming the exclusive use of verbal and typographic elements, which are placed in dynamic interaction with visual elements.


Videopoetry

Form of poetry based on the grammatical and communicative possibilities of the language of video, where the sign is iconized in a spatio-temporal action, articulating expressive elements such as the autonomous movement of shapes and colors, the integration of sound, and the interrelation space/time.


PO.EX

EXperimental POetry – Term proposed by  E. M. de Melo e Castro to contextualize the activities of Portuguese authors connected to visual, sound and concrete poetry from the 1960s to the 1980s.


Authors


Page with links to biographies and works of >

PO.EX Authors | Po-ex.net Authors | Other Authors


PO.EX Authors >

Authors who have participated in the collective and historical publications of Portuguese Experimental Poetry and who constituted the original corpus of this Digital Archive >

Abílio-José Santosbiography and works | references

Álvaro Netobiography and works | references

Ana Hatherlybiography and works | references

Antero de Aldabiography and works | references

António Aragãobiography and works | references

António Barrosbiography and works | references

António Dantasbiography and works | references

António Nelosbiography and works | references

Armando Macatrãobiography and works | references

César Figueiredobiography and works | references

E. M. de Melo e Castrobiography and works | references

Emerencianobiography and works | references

Fernando Aguiarbiography and works | references

Gabriel Rui Silvabiography and works | references

José-Alberto Marquesbiography and works | references

Salette Tavaresbiography and works | references

Silvestre Pestanabiography and works | references


Po-ex.net Authors >

Experimental Poetry authors invited to integrate the Digital Archive of PO.EX >

Álvaro Seiçabiography and works | references

Alfredo Costa Monteirobiography and works | references

Américo Rodriguesbiography and works | references

Ana Motabiography and works | references

André Sierbiography and works | references

Avelino Rochabiography and works | references

aranhiças & elefantesbiography and works | references

Bruno Ministrobiography and works | references

Bruno Neivabiography and works | references

Diogo Marquesbiography and works | references

Feliciano de Mirabiografia e obras | referências

Jorge dos Reisbiography and works | references

José Oliveirabiography and works | references

Liliana Vasquesbiografia e obras | referências

Manuel Portelabiography and works | references

Miguel Azguimebiography and works | references

Pedro Barbosabiography and works | references

Rui Torresbiography and works | references

Telectubiography and works | references

Von Calhau!biography and works | references


Other authors >

Authors who are mentioned in texts from this Archive and authors who have written about Portuguese Experimental Poetry for this archive.

Texts about these authors>

Adriano Spatola | Adelaide Ginga | Alberto Pimenta | Alexandre O’Neill | Álvaro Lapa | António Areal | António Ramos Rosa | António Sena | Arnaldo Antunes | Augusto de Campos | Camões | Clarice Lispector | Décio Pignatari | Edgard Braga | Ernesto de Sousa | Erthos Albino de Souza | Eurico Gonçalves | Fernando Nabais | Fernando Pessoa | Florbela Espanca | Herberto Helder | James Joyce | Joan Brossa | Joaquim António da Silva | João Vieira | Jorge Lima Barreto | Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Pinheiro | Manoel Barbosa | Maria Teresa Horta | Mário Cesariny | Nuno Júdice | Pedro Xisto | Raul Brandão | Stuart Moulthrop | Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Texts/works by these authors>

Abílio Cavalheiro | Adriano Gabriel Buzello |Adriano Spatola | Agustín Pérez Rubio | Albano Martins | Alberto Carneiro | Alberto da Costa e Silva | Alexandra Antunes | Alexandre O’Neill | Alex Bodea | Almeida e Sousa | Amador Ribeiro Neto | Ana Branca | Ana Cristina Joaquim | Ana Gago | Ana Isabel Moniz | Ana Luísa Amaral | Ana Luísa Barão | Ana Maria Machado | Ana Marques Gastão | Ana Paixão | Ana Sousa Dias | Anabela Galhardo Couto | Anabela Garcia | André Luiz do Amaral | Andreia NogueiraAndrew Brenza | Angela Guida | Ângelo de Lima | Antonio Abernú | António Barahona da Fonseca | António Carlos Cortez | António Carlos ValenteAntonio Fournier | Antonio Gómez | António Luís Catarino | António Olaio | António Pedro Pita | António Preto | António Ramos Rosa | Antonio Simplício de Almeida Neto | Arlete dos Santos Petry | Arnaldo Saraiva | Audrei de Carvalho | Augusta Vilalobos | Azevedo Machado | Bárbara Mesquita | Beatriz Serrão | Bruna Valter | Carla Teixeira | Carlos Amaral | Carlos Barroso | Carlos Francisco de Morais | Carlos Martins | Carlos Mendes de Sousa | Carlos Nogueira | Carolina Anglada de Rezende | Carolina Martins | Caroline Silva | Catarina Figueiredo Cardoso | Catherine Dumas | Celeste Cerqueira | Cidália Fachada | Chris Turnbull | Clara Almeida Santos | Cláudia Madeira | Cláudio Fajardo | Cláudio Teixeira | Craig Hill | C. T. Funkhouser | Cristiano de Sales | Cristina Marques | Cynthia Neves | Dalila Milheiro | Daniela Côrtes Maduro | Daniele Giampà | Danilo Bueno | Débora Cristina Santos e Silva | Diana Pimentel | Diogo Gomes | Dom Sylvester Houédard | Duarte Faria | Edgar Franco | Edgard Braga | Eduarda Mota | Eduardo Paz Barroso | Edwar de Alencar Castelo Branco | Egídio Álvaro | Elaine Cristina Duarte | Elisa Gomes da Costa | Elisabete Marques | Elsa Simões | Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta | Emilio Villa | Enzo Minarelli | Eric Eroi Messa | Ernesto de Sousa | Estela Rodrigues | Eunice Gonçalves Duarte | Eunice Ribeiro | Eurico Gonçalves | Fábio Fernandes | Fábio Oliveira Nunes | Fabrizio Augusto Poltronieri | Fátima Pitta Dionísio | Feliciano de Mira | Fernanda Bonacho | Fernanda Martins | Fernando Dias | Fernando Galrito | Fernando Guimarães | Fernando J. B. Martinho | Fernando Matos Oliveira | Fernando Nabais | Fernando Paulouro | Fernando Ramalho | Flaviano Maciel Vieira | Francisca Ramalho | Franklin Larrubia Valverde | Friedrich W. Block | Geovanna Marcela GuimarãesGerard Barbot | Giancarlo Cavallo | Gilberto Gouveia | Gilda Santos | Gillo Dorfles | Giovanna di Rosario | Guilherme Paoliello | Guillermo Deisler | Hans-Jorgen Nielsen | Haroldo de Campos | Helena A. M. Pereira | Helena Rebelo | Helena Santana | Henri Chopin | Herberto Helder | Horácio Costa | Hugo Barreira | Hugo Oliveira | Ian Hamilton Finlay | Ilda Teresa de Castro | Ilídio Ribeiro | Inês Cardoso | Isabel AlmeidaIsabel Camarinha | Isabel Duarte | Izabela Leal | Isabel Maria Dos | Isabel Monteiro | Isabel Nogueira | Isabel Pires | Isabel Santa Clara | Irina Bajini | Jaime Isidoro | Jasmin Wrobel | Jean-François Robic | Jelena Novak | Johanna Drucker | João Barrento | João Fernandes | João Madureira | João Mendes Ribeiro | João Rui de Sousa | João Santa Cruz | João Silvério | João Sousa Cardoso | João Urbano | João Vieira | Joëlle Ghazarian | John Byrum | Jorge Bacelar | Jorge Leandro Rosa | Jorge Listopad | Jorge Luiz Antonio | Jorge Pais de Sousa | Jorge Peixinho | José Alberto Ferreira | José Augusto-França | José Augusto Mourão | José Blanc de Portugal | José Carlos Seabra Pereira | José de Sainz-Trueva | José Luiz Valero Figueiredo | José Manuel Esteves | José Manuel Torres | José Martins Garcia | José Neves | José Tolentino MendonçaJosé Viale Moutinho | Joseph M. Figueres | Julia Klien | Juliana Pinho | Julio Campal | Júlio Pinto | Jürgen O. Olbrich | Karla Sachse | Kátia Caroline de Matia | Laís Corrêa de Araujo | Laura Castro | Leonor Martins Coelho | Leopoldino Serrão | Lígia Bernardino | Luciana Beatriz Chagas | Lucilo Antônio Rodrigues | Luís Adriano Carlos | Luís Alves de Matos | Luís Aly | Luís de Camões | Luís Carlos Petry | Luís Carlos S. Branco | Luis Fabricio de Lima OdassiLuís Lucas Pereira | Luis Tranquada | Luís Veiga Leitão | Luísa Gonçalves | Mafalda Costa | Manaíra Athayde | Mandrágora | Manoel Barbosa | Manuel de Lima | Manuel de Seabra | Manuel Frias Martins | Manuel Simões | Marco Jerónimo | Margarida Anjos Amaro | Margarida Brito Alves | Maria Alberta Meneres | Maria Augusta Babo | Maria Assunção Folque | Maria Brito | Maria da Glória Bordini | Maria de Lurdes Afonso | Maria de Fátima Lambert | Maria do Carmo Castelo Branco de Sequeira | Maria do Rosário Monteiro | Maria do Socorro Carvalho | Maria dos Prazeres Gomes | Maria Estela Guedes | Maria Filomena Molder | Maria Heloísa Martins Dias | Maria Inês Castro e Silva | Maria Irene Ramalho | Maria João Lopes Fernandes | Maria Leonor Figueiredo | Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos | Mário Vieira de Carvalho | Mathilde Ferreira Neves | Matilde Gonçalves | Matthews Cirne | Mauricio Gabriel Santos | Maurício Pontuschka | Maurício Salles de VasconcelosMiguel Moreira | Mike Weaver | Moacir Amâncio | Morgana Rech | Nara Rúbia Xavier | Natascha Gomes Paiva | Nei Leandro de Castro | Nelson Veríssimo | Nuno Ferreira | Nuno M Cardoso | Nuno Miguel Neves | Omar Khouri | Otávio Guimarães Tavares | Otávio Filho | Ottfried Zielke | Pablo del Barco | Pádua Fernandes | Patrícia Rosas Prior | Paula Morão | Pauline Bachmann | Paulo Andringa | Paulo Filipe Monteiro | Paulo Pires do Vale | Paulo Reis | Pedro Almeida | Pedro Reis | Pedro Sena-Lino | Pedro Xisto | Piero Ceccucci | Pierre Garnier | Phill Niblock | Quirinus Kuhlmann | Rafael Villari | Raquel Monteiro | Raquel SantosReed Altemus| Ricardo Nicolau | Rita Grácio | Rita Macedo | Rita Novais Miranda | Roberto Bezerra de Menezes | Rodrigo Melo | Rodrigo Conçole Lage | Rogério Barbosa da Silva | Rosa Maria Martelo | Rui Carita | Rui Orfão | Rui Nepomuceno | Rui Zink | Sandra Guerreiro Dias | Sandy Baldwin | Sandro Ornellas | Sara Lacerda Campino | Severino Rodrigues | Silvana Oliveira | Sindre Sørensen | Sofia Frank | Sonia Melchiori Galvão | Sónia Pina | Stélio Furlan | Stephan Jürgens | Suzana Pagot | Teresa Gonçalves Lobo | Teresa Projecto | Thierry Proença dos Santos | Tiago Schwäbl | Túlia Saldanha | Uwe Warnke | Valéria Nassif Domingues | Vera Carvalho | Vinicius Carvalho Pereira | Vítor Freitas | Wagner Moreira | Yara Frateschi Vieira