Clip-poems by Augusto de Campos:

for an even more concrete poetry.

Abstract

Comparing concrete poetry to the clip-poems format, nowadays considered a cibertext, this article aims at to analyze nine productions by Augusto de Campos: “Luxo”, “TVgrama 2”, “Ininstante”, “Sem saída”, “O pulsar”, “Criptocardiograma”, “Pessoandando”, “SOS”, and “Cidade / city / cité”. In order to present the effective movement, the interartistic relationships and the animation effects as advantages of the cyberspace and hypermedia, the analyzed videos will demonstrate that computer graphics provides the enhancement of the concrete poetry’s ideals that prevailed in Brazil in the 1950s. As for the theoretical basis, will be considered concepts by authors such as Julio Plaza, Cyril Barret, Lucia Santaella, among others.