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ALDA (Antero de). [DEUX POÈMES DU PARAPLUIE: «FERMÉ» ET «OUVERT»]. [Porto / Amarante]. s.d. [c. 1985-1999]. - ALDA (Antero de) [DEUX POÈMES DU PARAPLUIE: «FERMÉ» ET «OUVERT»] . 1. «Poème du Parapluie Fermé» — legenda dactilografada: «ANTERO DE ALDA ”POEME DU PARAPLUIE FERME”.». 2. «Poème du Parapluie Ouvert» — legenda dactilografada: «ANTERO DE ALDA ”POEME DU PARAPLUIE OUVERT”.». [Porto / Amarante]: s.n., s.d. [c. 1985-1999]. 2 ff.: il.; 300×210 mm. A set of two electrographs by Antero de Alda (Sever do Vouga, 1961 - Amarante, 2018), a Portuguese visual poet and cyberpoet, trained in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and one of the main representatives of the second generation of Portuguese visual and experimental poetry, present in the anthology *Poemografias: perspectivas da poesia visual portuguesa* (Ulmeiro, 1985) and in the international biennials of visual poetry in Mexico. The two sheets form a diptych on the motif of the umbrella in two opposite states: the ”Poème du Parapluie Fermé” (Poem of the Closed Umbrella) and the ”Poème du Parapluie Ouvert” (Poem of the Open Umbrella). In both, the text is the plastic material that constructs the image: in the poem of the closed umbrella, dense blocks of letters and typewritten characters of varying dimensions compose the silhouette of the closed object, with the tip and handle as sparse extensions; In the poem about the open umbrella, repeated lines of text in Portuguese (”the windows of the houses in spring”), running diagonally and rotating on themselves, describe the circular and open shape of the unfolded umbrella. The use of French in the titles places the pieces within the tradition of European visual poetry and the international network in which Antero de Alda actively participated. A highly regarded collection. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate