¿Qué cuenta, Basurto? is the first book to bring together all the graphic poems, assemblages, and textual toys by poet Sebastián Bianchi, who has been part of Argentina’s most experimental poetry scene since the late 1990s.
“Across the more than 80 plates, mobiles, and games that make up this book, the powerful aesthetic unity that brings them together nevertheless embraces voices from the most astonishing universes (...) taking us to a past that never was and a future of absolute fiction.” —Manuel Alemian.
“These illusory machines reveal the poet in his playful dimension. These works of art are pure combinatorial play, an expression of rage against the world of meaning, against the numbing effect of literary conventions, and above all, against the solemn pataphysical solemnity of its solemn practitioners.” —Daniel Durand.
“Sebastián Bianchi’s visual poems are hybrid, plastic objects. In them, letters acquire body and volume: they become letters in space. And they call for a reader/viewer willing to play with them: to move them, rearrange them, replace one with another (...). Ultimately, the pages of this book create spaces for unthinkable encounters. Like a machine that sets a wide variety of materials into circulation and, in the process, transforms itself as well...” —Fernanda Mugica.
About the Author
Sebastián Bianchi was born in Buenos Aires in 1966. He is a poet and educator. During the 1990s, he was part of the editorial teams of the magazines Lamás Médula, La trompa de falopo, and Extremaficción; contributed to the almanac Flora de Selva Negra; and, together with Ezequiel Alemian, founded the Club de Admiradores de Emeterio Cerro.
His books include Atlético para discernir funciones (1999), El resorte de novia y otros cuentos (2002), Manual Arandela (2009), Canciones (2015), Lalamatic y otros versos (2019), Jeroglíficos en lengua romance (2021), Sra. Narda, vidente natural (2022), and Pulse aquí. Del poema al objeto para activar (2023). In 2019, the Spanish publishing house Liliputienses released a collected edition of his poetry, Poemas Inc. (1998–2016).
He currently teaches in the Writing Arts program at UNA (National University of the Arts) and in the Augmented Humanities program at UNR (National University of Rosario).
2024
18 × 23 cm
140 pages
Softocover matte laminated 270 gsm
Interior: 118 gsm uncoated paper
Weight: 425 g
