ANTHROPOPHAGY AS A METAPHOR
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Text I use this metaphor of anthropophagy however on behalf of my own artistic practiceLiving in the era of overdocumentation induced by social medias I endorse a solid position to the webs ecosystem of not generating any new images but instead recycling
I use this metaphor of anthropophagy, however, on behalf of my own artistic practice.
Living in the era of over-documentation induced by social medias, I endorse a solid position to the web’s ecosystem – of not generating any new images but instead recycling already existing ones.
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Text The Cannibalist Manifesto Manifesto Antropfago was published in 1928 by the Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade According to his innovative writing and ideas it was precisely the cannibalisticanthropophagic roots of Brazil what has allowed its people to
The Cannibalist Manifesto (Manifesto Antropófago) was published in 1928 by the Brazilian poet Oswald de Andrade. According to his innovative writing and ideas, it was precisely the cannibalistic/anthropophagic roots of Brazil what has allowed its people to critically comprehend, in the cultural field, European and other foreign models.
Brazilians, then, should be proficient on ingesting forms-styles-patterns imported from abroad to produce an art that would be genuinely national (and not simply a copy).
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Text I AM Only CONCERNED WITH What Is Not MineCannibalist ManifestoOswald de Andrade 1928
“I AM Only CONCERNED WITH What Is Not Mine.”
Cannibalist Manifesto
(Oswald de Andrade, 1928)