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MELO E CASTRO (E. M. de). [TRÊS ELECTROGRAFIAS DE POESIA VISUAL]. s.l. s.d. [c. 1980-1995]. - MELO E CASTRO (E. M. de) [TRÊS ELECTROGRAFIAS DE POESIA VISUAL] . s.l.: s.n., s.d. [c. 1980-1995]. 3 ff.: il.; 300×210 mm. A set of three electrographs by EM de Melo e Castro. The three sheets articulate a common visual vocabulary: elementary geometric shapes (triangle, circle, polyhedron, rhombus, pentagon) arranged in a grid or in a centered composition, with a photomontage of the author's own face inserted inside the figures. The first sheet presents four polyhedra inscribed in circles, arranged in a grid of three by three squares with empty squares; the second, entitled ”my own fragment, ” presents six triangles and rhombuses with the fragmented face and punctuation marks or mathematical operators (?, !, =) inside; the third presents a centered composition of concentric circles and polyhedra with the author's face duplicated and inverted in the center. The presence of the face within the geometric signs is a recurring gesture in Melo e Castro's work: the poet's identity inserted into the formal structure of the poem, the subject as an element of the visual equation. The third sheet retains a handwritten production note at the top (”Ali→ 70%”), a testament to the author's graphic work process. Estimated set. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate