Faint Press mailing from c.r.e. wells (IUOMA member Chris Wells) (Columbus, Ohio, USA)…
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Cover of Meta Poetry (a this and that guide to this and that Volume 1) by Cheryl Penn (Durban, South Africa)…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on March 9, 2019 at 3:30am —
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Mail art by Jean-Marc Rastorfer (Lausanne, Switzerland)
March 5, 2019 - I am thrilled to have received this exceptional correspondence art from Jean-Marc Rastorfer in Switzerland (apparently not an IUOMA member).
Jean-Marc is not an artist I recall personally from anywhere along the “long dusty trail,” but I am certainly thrilled to make his acquaintance now here in the New Order of things. Apparently…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on March 6, 2019 at 3:30am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Nadia Aroca (Barcelona, Spain)
November 17, 2018 - Nadia Aroca is a wonderful correspondent. She has contributed mail art to Asemic Front. Now I am thrilled to be able to document an artist’s book she sent.
Nadia Aroca’s work tends toward image-text and this work, Porn, can be viewed as visual poetry and has asemic elements. The pages are made with a resilient gold and silver foil, which adds…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 18, 2018 at 2:31am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member El Taller de Zenon (Miguel Jimenez) (Sevilla, Spain)
November 8. 2018 - El Taller de Zenon – a revered figure in the Eternal Network – joins the New Wave of contributors who have revived the M-L Who Has The Best Hair Contest. In fact, this wonderful material coming in is turning my hit-and-run mail art call from 2014 into a Permanent Wave! I find the collage pieces sent by El Taller de Zenon to be extraordinary! I…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 9, 2018 at 3:39am —
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Pages from The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs altered by Ferran Destemple (Barecelona)
September 21, 2018 - Ferran Destemple – an artist and writer in Spain whom I admire very much – sent me these pages from The Soft Machine as a submission to Asemic Front (mail art call). He uses erasure on pages from a classic William S. Burroughs text to create asemics.
Ferran Destemple wrote, “In relation to the…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on September 21, 2018 at 5:01pm —
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“Surrogate” – a collage with asemics – by IUOMA member Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)
August 21, 2018 - Amy Irwen participated in my Asemic Front project previously with collabs. Now she has sent a beautiful solo collage with asemic writing which I am thrilled to share. The circular asemics are an excellent structural device as are the text-image relations that make this piece visual poetry as well. Here is a closer…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 22, 2018 at 3:00am —
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Blocks an artist’s book of concrete-visual poetry by IUOMA member Rebecca Resinski (Conway, Arkansas, USA)
July 25, 2018 - Rebecca Resinski is an Asemic Front contributor, and I am thrilled to be able to share her artist’s book Blocks, a superb collection of traditional concrete poetry released under her Cuckoo Grey publishing imprint.
I emphasize the artist’s book…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 26, 2018 at 1:30am —
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“Homage to John Gayer’s Outgoing” by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)
Visual poetry by IUOMA member Chris Wells (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
“Sunlight through trees on water” by IUOMA member Rebecca Resinski (Conway, Arkansas,…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 24, 2018 at 3:31am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Yayoi S.W. (Kirkland, Washington, USA)
July 18, 2018 - Yayoi S.W. is creating wonderful art and sharing it via the Eternal Network. She is receiving rave responses. Because her work is often image-text and/or asemic, she has captured the interest of the vispo and asemics communities as well.
I’ve already been thrilled to include her work in the Asemic Front mail art call. Her asemics are becoming, in…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 19, 2018 at 2:47am —
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Cover of Tom Hibbard's new book Transcendent Topologies: Structuralism and Visual Writing published by Luna Bisonte Prods. Cover art by John M. Bennett and Jim Leftwich. Book design by C Mehrl Bennett and Tom Hibbard
July 5, 2018 - Today I received a copy of Tom Hibbard's book, which shows the intertwined nature of the visual…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 6, 2018 at 3:04am —
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Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)
June 27, 2018 - Ruud Janssen – already a contributor to the Asemic Front call – sent this fascinating correspondence art package. A main preoccupation of the piece is exploring asemics and the way signs and symbols are expressed through various modes. These range from “obsolete technologies” to the digital realm and are all addressed in this multi-faceted work.
Ruud…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on June 28, 2018 at 4:00am —
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Asemic game by IUOMA member Tiina Kainulainen (Helsinki, Finland)
May 18, 2018 - Previous Asemic Front collaborator (my current m-a project) Tiina Kainulainen from Finland created this ingenious piece, a perfect merging of asemics and conceptualism. What would be the constraints, rules and processes of an asemic game? This is a work that invites audience involvement on several levels. At the heart of Tiina’s game is an asemic symbol…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 18, 2018 at 11:00pm —
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Cover of to let lack by c.r.e. wells (aka IUOMA member Chris Wells) published by Timglaset Editions (Sweden)
May 3, 2018 - Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of the Eternal Network, the Asemic Front Project has received copies of two new asemic-visual poetry editions.
This first edition, to let lack (December 2017), is solo work by USA visual poet Chris Wells and…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 4, 2018 at 1:00am —
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“Asemic Trashpo” by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA). Image courtesy of Nancy Bell Scott
February 19, 2018 - An original member of Ray Johnson’s New York Correspondance School (NYCS), Richard Canard is one of the most recognized and important mail artists working today. I doubt anyone in the network would dispute my contention.
Like most NYCS members, Richard Canard has roots in the avant garde associated with Neo-DaDa,…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 20, 2018 at 1:00am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Alicia Starr Ryan (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
February 19, 2018 - Alicia Starr Ryan is a very talented visual artist as well as a friend and supporter of the Eternal Network. She is associated with network visual poetry and asemic writing efforts of recent years. I am pleased to be able to share her work.
For all the emphasis on theory and method, asemic writers – luckily – are excellent humorists too. They often…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 19, 2018 at 4:30pm —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Norma Soulet (Port St. Lucie, Florida, USA)
February 3, 2018 - Norma Soulet has been developing her asemics in the IUOMA-Ning asemic writing group. I believe we will soon be seeing her participation in Asemic Front collabs.
In the meantime, here is a small sampling of her efforts thus far. Above is a scan (I appropriated) of a solo mail art work by Norma Soulet sent to Carolyn Cline (Colorado, USA). To me,…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 4, 2018 at 1:56am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Jan Hodgman (Anacortes, Washington, USA)
January 25, 2018 - Here are two great postcards sent by Jan Hodgman. The international mail art network is certainly providing tremendous support for Asemic Front!
A detail pic:
Reverse sides:…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on January 25, 2018 at 2:26am —
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Mail art by IUOMA member Mud Head (aka Chris Reynolds) (Payson, Arizona, USA)
January 2, 2018 - Mud Head sent this spectacular collage deeply relevant to my Asemic Front mail art project. The work is approximately 8 X 10 inches and presented on what appears to be a magazine page.
Mud Head’s work is already well known in…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on January 3, 2018 at 12:32am —
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Asemic writing by IUOMA member Nadia Aroca (Barcelona, Spain)
December 30, 2017 - In addition to being obviously a very talented artist, Nadia Aroca is a member of the asemic writing group at the IUOMA, which is consistently producing fine and innovative asemic art and visual poetry. In my estimation, Nadia has excellent aesthetic and conceptual perspectives on asemics. I am deeply grateful she is sharing her…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on December 30, 2017 at 3:53pm —
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