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Friday, 17 April 2026

Farruca - Severo Sarduy

WITHIN A WHITE CUBE the body is a volume
SUPERIMPOSED EDGES  
THE BODY Opaque dimensions
ANAMORPHOSIS OF SPACE  
IT DISPLAYS ITS BOXES the body is a system
THE BODY IS A MACHINE  
THE BODY IS A VOLUME fixed by a scaffold
VOLUMES OF OCHRE  
OPAQUE DIMENSIONS the body is a machine
GREY SURFACES  
THE BODY IS A SYSTEM within a white cube
WITHIN A WHITE CUBE  
FIXED BY A SCAFFOLD superimposed edges
THE BODY  
THE BODY IS A MACHINE anamorphosis of space
IT DISPLAYS ITS BOXES  
WITHIN A WHITE CUBE volumes of ochre
A FICTICIOUS VOLUME  
THE PAGE IS A CUBE grey surfaces
THE LOOK IS ITS ACCOMPLICE  
ANY BODY IS A CUBE within a white cube
VOLUMES OF OCHER  
ANY CUBE A SPHERE the body
GREY SURFACES  
ANY BODY TRANSFORMS within a white cube
WITHIN A WHITE CUBE  
ITS EDGES INTO ANOTHER BODY the body displays its boxes

Severo Sarduy (1937 - 1993) Cuba
Translated by Pedro Antonio Férez Mora and Ángela Dorado Otero
Source: Severo Sarduy and the Big Bang: The Poietic Catastrophe, Pedro Antonio Férez Mora and Ángela Dorado Otero, Forum for World Literature Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2018

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