ANDRÉ VALLIAS was born in 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil, where he later received his graduate degree in Law at the University of São Paulo, also studying graphic design, drawing and silk-screen techniques. In the early 1980s, Vallias was concerned with the study of proportions in art, developing a series of black/white drawings using a strict mathematical composition. In 1985, he began to design visual poems. From 1987 to 1994 he lived in Germany, where he was inspired by the ideas of the philosopher Vilém Flusser (1920-1991), and oriented his activities towards computer media. Vallias is concerned with the creation of non-logocentric poetry that would be able to compound all forms in which knowledge manifests itself, such as words, numbers, images, and sounds. He regards the suitable poem for the telematic society as a kind of "Open Diagram," which is compelling to a non-linear, active mode of reading. He has lived since 1996 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), where he works as Chief Creative Officer at the web-producing company Refazenda. Works in the web: http://www.refazenda.com/ http://www.mycity.com.br/mycitysites/rj/