Gonçalo M. Tavares’s poetic materiality

Abstract

It is not rare that arquitecture opens up to dialog with literature, like it is clearly noticed with the appropriation that some writers have done with it. Such as with Paul Valery’s and João Cabral de Melo Neto’s with their recria­tion of Amphion’s myth. The anglo-portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares argues on two essays, Arquitetura, natureza e amor and A estranha casa do senhor Walser, an approximation of the duties of a writer and of an arqui­tect. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate how Gonçalo M. Tavares’ approach reflects on his body of work which is based on the search of the material aspect of language. More especifically on the poems that compose his book entitled 1, a body of work which attempts to articulate ideas with the “emotional lucidity” of Roland Barthes and the “motion” of Georges Didi-Huberman.