Life and experimental art in Wilton Azevedo’s trajectory

Abstract

The article presents reflections on the trajectory of the artist, professor and researcher Wilton Azevedo since his production in the graphic arts, where he explored the materiality of natural pigments and handmade papers, until his migration to digital technology, constituting a creative process that mainly valorized the search for languages. A pioneer in the search for new creative possibilities, he launched himself into cyberspace with a transformed self-image, letting poetry emerge in a new ambience that profoundly renewed the consolidated relations between image, text and sound. In dialogue with contemporary thinkers such as Manovich, Chartier and Flusser, some fundamental concepts are raised to understand Wilton Azevedo's work, such as expanded digital writing, digital poetry and other experiments, and the creation of Lhudi, Digital Humanities Laboratory, which pride the teacher-researcher. The self-portrait of the artist appears here as an invitation in homage, suggesting the deepening in the work of this great artist.