Event series featuring Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo
Don’t miss this three-part event series with Brazilian poet & performer Ricardo Aleixo next month! There will be a live poetic performance by him, a screening of his audiovisual work, and a meeting with students.
All three events are free and open to the public.
About Ricardo Aleixo
Ricardo Aleixo was born in 1960 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. He is best known for his poetry’s visual and social characteristics and he is considered one of Brazil’s most innovative contemporary poets. His work mixes several artistic languages, drawing connections between concrete poetry and ethno-poetry. In 2004, Aleixo won a grant from the Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (National Library Foundation), and in 2010 he won the Literatura para Todos Award from the Brazilian Ministry of Education. He has since been a finalist for the Portugal Telecom and Jabuti awards, and is a finalist for the 2018 Oceanos Prize. His latest book is Pesado demais para a ventania, published in Brazil by Todavia in 2018.
Schedule of Events
Tuesday, April 18 | 6:30 PM
Screening of Ricardo Aleixo’s Audiovisual Work
Location: 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Room RKC 101
Wednesday, April 19 | 6:30 PM
Live Performance by Brazilian Poet & Performer Ricardo Aleixo
Performance by Ricardo Aleixo with theatrical support by Natália Alves da Silva and an introduction by Guilherme Trielli Ribeiro. Free and open to the public.
Location: 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Room RKC 101
Friday, April 21 | 4:00 PM
Conversation with Students (In Portuguese): “The Role of Poetry and Art in Contemporary Brazilian Politics”
Location: 121 Bay State Road, Riverside Room
Co-sponsors: the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground, BU Arts Initiative; Voces Hispánicas/Hispanic Voices (an initiative of the Department of Romance Studies, underwritten by Santander Universities Global Division); Cinema and Media studies Program; Minor in Portuguese & Brazilian Cultural Studies; CAS Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Office; Seeing and Not Seeing Seminar; Boston University Center for the Humanities; Center for Latin American Studies; African American & Black Diaspora Studies Program.