A poética do desabrigo em “Poemanto”, de Ricardo Aleixo: coreografia negra

Abstract

This communication proposal aims to address the work of the Minas Gerais poet Ricardo Aleixo, in its multiple dialogues with the visual and performative arts. In this sense, we will focus mainly on the vestment artwork entitled “Poemanto”, and on the poems “Ensaio para escrever (com) o corpo” (Essay to write (with) the body), from the book Modelos vivos (Aleixo, 2010) and “Meu negro” (My Black Man), from the anthology Pesado demais para a ventania (Too Heavy for the Wind) (Aleixo, 2018). Based on the concept of “corpography (writings of the body)” created by the poet, we will discuss his poetics in relation to the work entitled “Bichos” (Animals), by the Brazilian neo-concrete artist Ligia Clark, as well as his own performative presentation, which revolves around figurations of the black body.