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TAVARES (Salette). KINETOFONIA Ri M Ri Ri. [Lisboa]. s.d. [post. 1964]. - TAVARES (Salette) KINETOFONIA Ri M Ri Ri . Impressão digital sobre papel vegetal. Com rubrica manuscrita no canto inferior direito. Originalmente publicada em: Poesia Experimental: 1.º Caderno Antológico. Lisboa: A. Aragão, 1964. Recolhida em: Obra Poética 1957-1971. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1991, p. 448. [Lisboa]: s.n., s.d. [post. 1964]. 1 ff.: papel vegetal; 300×210 mm. Digital print on tracing paper of the poem ”Kinetofonia Ri M Ri Ri” by Salette Tavares (Lisbon, 1922-1994), poet, sculptor and essayist, one of the founding figures of Portuguese experimental poetry and the only woman to participate in the two anthological notebooks of Experimental Poetry (1964, 1966). The poem was originally published in the 1st Anthological Notebook of Experimental Poetry (Lisbon, 1964) and posthumously collected in Poetic Works 1957-1971 (Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1991). ”Kinetofonia Ri M Ri Ri” is one of the most successful examples of Salette Tavares' kinetic and phonetic poetics: the poem works exclusively with elementary syllables (ri, ru, mi, mu, ur, m, i, u) arranged on the page according to a logic of variation and proliferation that simultaneously evokes musical notation, ideograms, and phonetic exercises. The spatial dispersion of the syllables, their progressive grouping and isolation, and the trajectory of the voice implicit in the composition constitute a sonic choreography – a ”kinetofonia, ” a movement of sounds – that only fully exists when read aloud. The printing on tracing paper, due to its translucency, adds a visual dimension that reinforces the lightness and evanescence of the sound. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate