Augusto De Campos

We Are the Machine – The Concept of Polypoetry

Only the development of new technologies will mark the progress of sound poetry, explains Enzo Minarelli in his 1987 manifesto on polipoesia. Using eleven sound poems, Minarelli discusses the concept of polipoesia, folklore as inspiration for poetry, the connection between society and poetry, and how it all began.

Enhanced Poetry (1956-1991)

With the advent of the tape recorder, poetry reached a new dimension in the 1950s. Language was arranged in completely new ways. 37 minutes with Ernst Jandl, Henri Chopin, Neil Mills, Sten Hanson, and others.