Márcio-André
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Marcio-Andre is a Brazil
ian writer
, translator, performer, sound poet and theorist.
In 2007, he won the pages of newspapers by his suicide performance in the ghost town of Chernobyl. In his lecture-of-one-man (that he called "Conference Poetic-Radioactive of Pripyat"), Marcio-Andre remained six hours reading his poems between the ruins of the ghost-town Pripyat (Chernobyl), at so-called Zone of Exclusion, under the deliberate risk of contamination by cesium 137 and strontium 90. After the event, he received the nickname "poeta radioativo" (radioactive poet). This performance resulted in the book Ensaios Radioativos, where he describes the experience of contamination.
His radical and contemporary literary work has inspired a wide variety of academic studies, among them, a work by Ronaldo Ferrito, in UFRJ, and the project Polis Minima, by Laurie Christine Tavares. His poem "O objeto" has resulted in a choral piece by the French composer Jean-Pierre Caron and his book Intradoxos is being adapted into a movie by Filmmaker Paula Gaitan.
, Jornal do Brasil
and Estado de Minas
. As a translator, he published texts of Gilles Yvain, Serge Pey, Gherasim Luca, Mathieu Benezet, Paul Valery and Hagiwara Sakutaro.
About his literary work, the award-winning filmmaker Walter Salles
said: Marcio-Andre is one of the brightest voices of a younger generation of Brazilian artists. The renowned Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos
came to declare that the poetry of Marcio-Andre is one of the most notable of his generation. The American poet Stephen Rodefer
wrote the following statement about him: From Paris, via New York, it appears that M-A is the one to watch in the break-away pack of the new Brazilian poets. Both the man, 'wrenched from the husk of night' with a violin in his hip pocket, and the remarkable body of work for one so young, in which we are so marvellously 'granted teeth and eyes and woven into daylight and made to hear.
, founder of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine. In 2009, he has toured to Europe with his work Indivisible: polyphonic-poem for voices, violin, electronic processing, bells and whistles
In his performances, Marcio-Andre uses the computer to processing, live, harmonics sounds and percussive sounds taken from the violin and voice. From this processing, from the creation of electronic textures and from loop recordings, it overlaps sound layers and folds to create a uniform mass of texts and sounds. In his plays are noted influences from noisy music, minimalist music and Eastern music, especially by the use of Tibetan chants and modes of Noh theater
. He uses, yet, abstract projections, videodances and video loops projected onto the stage and incorporates various other props in presentations.
After visiting Brazil, the Scottish poet Richard Price
wrote: M-A’s presentation of four short films with accompanying music and voice had the flavour of a Kraftwerk journeying (but trains not autobahns) and the minimalist dance-duet which he appropriated and scored was one of my enduring memories of this remarkable country; and the American poet Forrest Gander
, after see his performance in Portugal, said: His performance is wonderful and the violin work really well with the delivery of your poem.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, translator, performer, sound poet and theorist.
Biography
Márcio-André de Sousa (sometimes called M-A) is graduated in Literature and has a master's degree in Poetics by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, he received a scholarship-prize by the Brazilian National Library Foundation and, in 2009, was poet-in-residence in Monsanto, Portugal. He taught an advanced training course in creative writing and sound poetry at University of Coimbra and literary theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and several workshops sound poetry in secondary schools in Portugal.In 2007, he won the pages of newspapers by his suicide performance in the ghost town of Chernobyl. In his lecture-of-one-man (that he called "Conference Poetic-Radioactive of Pripyat"), Marcio-Andre remained six hours reading his poems between the ruins of the ghost-town Pripyat (Chernobyl), at so-called Zone of Exclusion, under the deliberate risk of contamination by cesium 137 and strontium 90. After the event, he received the nickname "poeta radioativo" (radioactive poet). This performance resulted in the book Ensaios Radioativos, where he describes the experience of contamination.
His radical and contemporary literary work has inspired a wide variety of academic studies, among them, a work by Ronaldo Ferrito, in UFRJ, and the project Polis Minima, by Laurie Christine Tavares. His poem "O objeto" has resulted in a choral piece by the French composer Jean-Pierre Caron and his book Intradoxos is being adapted into a movie by Filmmaker Paula Gaitan.
Literature
Belonging to the so-called "Generation 00" of literature in Brazil, Marcio-Andre is one of the most influential and relevant poets of the younger generations in Brazil and one of the most controversial essayists today. With three published books, was chief-editor of the bi-national (Brazil / Portugal) Confraria Magazine (ISSN 1808-6276) and founder of Confraria do Vento. Eventually he write to Brazilians newspapers, like O GloboGlobo
Globo may refer to*Organizações Globo, media conglomerate*Rede Globo, a television network in Brazil*Radio Globo, a radio station in Honduras...
, Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil
Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest existent Brazilian paper, after the Diário de Pernambuco and O Estado de São Paulo....
and Estado de Minas
Estado de Minas
Estado de Minas is a Brazilian newspaper published in the capital of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte. Its foundation dates as late as 1928. The company 'Diários Associados', which holds some other newspapers and radio and TV stations in the country, owns the 'Estado', as it is known in the city...
. As a translator, he published texts of Gilles Yvain, Serge Pey, Gherasim Luca, Mathieu Benezet, Paul Valery and Hagiwara Sakutaro.
About his literary work, the award-winning filmmaker Walter Salles
Walter Salles
Walter Moreira Salles, Jr. is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.-Life and career:Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of Elizinha Goncalves and Walter Moreira Salles, a Brazilian banker and ambassador, and the brother of João Moreira Salles, also a...
said: Marcio-Andre is one of the brightest voices of a younger generation of Brazilian artists. The renowned Portuguese sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Boaventura de Sousa Santos is a Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra. De Sousa Santos has taught in various universities including Yale, Wisconsin-Madison Law School and University of Warwick...
came to declare that the poetry of Marcio-Andre is one of the most notable of his generation. The American poet Stephen Rodefer
Stephen Rodefer
Stephen Rodefer is an American poet and painter who lives in Paris and London. Rodefer is one of the founders of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry movement...
wrote the following statement about him: From Paris, via New York, it appears that M-A is the one to watch in the break-away pack of the new Brazilian poets. Both the man, 'wrenched from the husk of night' with a violin in his hip pocket, and the remarkable body of work for one so young, in which we are so marvellously 'granted teeth and eyes and woven into daylight and made to hear.
Performance and sound poetry
Multimedia artist, Marcio-Andre has stood out with his research in the area of sound poetry. He held solo performances in several cities in the world, including Paris, London, Buenos Aires, Lisbon and São Paulo, and made experimental pieces for theater and short movies. Between 2004 and 2007, led the group Arranjos para assobio (Arrangements for whistle) of poetic textures and experimental realities, linked with a sound research project at UFRJ, under academic advising by the philosopher Manuel Antonio de Castro. In 2009, he presented a performance with the American poet Bruce AndrewsBruce Andrews
Bruce Andrews is a U.S. poet who is one of the key figures associated with the Language poets .-Life and work:...
, founder of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine. In 2009, he has toured to Europe with his work Indivisible: polyphonic-poem for voices, violin, electronic processing, bells and whistles
In his performances, Marcio-Andre uses the computer to processing, live, harmonics sounds and percussive sounds taken from the violin and voice. From this processing, from the creation of electronic textures and from loop recordings, it overlaps sound layers and folds to create a uniform mass of texts and sounds. In his plays are noted influences from noisy music, minimalist music and Eastern music, especially by the use of Tibetan chants and modes of Noh theater
Noh
, or - derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent" - is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Many characters are masked, with men playing male and female roles. Traditionally, a Noh "performance day" lasts all day and...
. He uses, yet, abstract projections, videodances and video loops projected onto the stage and incorporates various other props in presentations.
After visiting Brazil, the Scottish poet Richard Price
Richard Price
Richard Price was a British moral philosopher and preacher in the tradition of English Dissenters, and a political pamphleteer, active in radical, republican, and liberal causes such as the American Revolution. He fostered connections between a large number of people, including writers of the...
wrote: M-A’s presentation of four short films with accompanying music and voice had the flavour of a Kraftwerk journeying (but trains not autobahns) and the minimalist dance-duet which he appropriated and scored was one of my enduring memories of this remarkable country; and the American poet Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander
Forrest Gander is an American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator.Born in the Mojave Desert, he was raised in Virginia where he attended The College of William and Mary, majoring in geology, a subject referenced frequently in both his poems and essays. He received an M.A...
, after see his performance in Portugal, said: His performance is wonderful and the violin work really well with the delivery of your poem.
Quotations
"Estou no Google, logo existo" (Portuguese) - "in Google sum, ergo sum" (Latin) (I'm on Google, therefore I am).Published works
- Movimento Perpetuo (Editora UFRJ, 1998)
- 8 Poetas (Editora UFRJ, 2002)
- Musica Cuantica (plaquete) (2003)
- Cazas (plaquete) (Coleção Mimeo, 2006)
- Intradoxos (Confraria do Vento, 2007)
- Confraria 2 anos (Confraria do Vento, 2007)
- Ensaios Radioativos (Confraria do Vento, 2008)