A pós-canção em R.C. (2022), de Angélica Freitas e Vitor Ramil: entre a letra, a imagem e o som

Abstract

In the context of contemporary experimentation with the song form, the concept of the "post-song" emerges as a critical key to understanding compositions that challenge the conventional structures of popular music. It is considered that, in the transposition of a poem into song, the latter, by reusing the linguistic element of the preexisting poetic text, introduces a creative counterpart through its melodic component. In this sense, this essay aims to reflect on the process of transposing the poem r.c. (2007), by Angélica Freitas, into the song R.C. (2022), by Vitor Ramil, through the lenses of the concepts of postproduction and non-original artwork, as proposed respectively by Nicolas Bourriaud (2009) and Marjorie Perloff (2013). In a second phase, the investigation seeks to shed light on the relationships between lyrics, image, and sound in the artistic product conceived by Freitas and Ramil. From there, the essay intends to draw parallels with other works shaped by similar processes, such as the mixed-poem album I Who Cannot Sing by Patrícia Lino, and the song Uma Canção by the São Paulo-based group Filarmônica de Pasárgada. Finally, the analysis considers the possibility that R.C. contains a content that transcends the verbal, the sonic, and the visual: pop art. In other words, the elements that define the postproductive gesture in the poem transposed into song not only give rise to a post-song, but also suggest what might be called a post-pop, fully realized in the structure of R.C.