Salvar como? Escrever através e repetir outra vez

Abstract

In this essay, I draw on some considerations about the poetry of António Ramos Rosa to analyze the work Estou Vivo e Escrevo Sol (2016) by Rui Torres. This digital poetry piece is based on a combinatory exploration of Ramos Rosa's lexicon, and allows us to question notions such as intertextuality in the face of what I here call "writing through." As I will argue, it also exposes the notions of root and rhizome in opposition to that of the network. In doing so, I also uncover a permanent relational tension between repetition and variation. In my analysis, I apply mixed reading methods that range from computational text analysis on a macroscopic scale to the close reading of verses and code snippets on a micropolitical scale, the latter informed by the fields of critical code and software studies.