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Cubagramma concrete poem

Added by Brockett 78 on Sep 25th, 2022

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1962

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7 × 10 in

Interior page from Invention: Avant-garde Magazine (Invenção: Revista de Arte de Vanguarda, Vol. 1, No. 2), São Paulo, Brazil.

from Silas Munro, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. San Francisco: Letterform Archive, 2022. p72."
“This Brazilian concrete poetry magazine…contains de Campos' poem "Cubagramma", a color-coded typographic grid (consisting of Futura and other straightforward sans serifs) that critiques U.S. intervention in South American trade and politics." 

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Cubagramma concrete poem
Source: tumblr. included in Silas Munro, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. San Francisco: Letterform Archive, 2022. p72.
Cubagramma concrete poem