January 14, 2014 - Here in the Northern climes, things are very icy and snowy. I am thrilled to start the new year with a wonderful asemic piece carried on a warm and sunny breeze from Claudia Garcia, a new mail-art friend in Argentina. Claudia included a lovely note on the reverse side:
Claudia Garcia, I enjoy the piece immensely as well as your graciousness. I am thrilled to be able to add “Numbers in Movement” to my growing collection of visual poetry from Latin America, a part of the world that has contributed so much and continues to contribute significantly to concrete poetry, visual poetry and asemic writing.
“Numbers in Movement” represents to me the exciting asemic/vispo hybrid work we see circulating in the Eternal Network. Claudia Garcia incorporates both the fragmentation of the cut-up with the fluidity of asemic cursive writing.
The use of numerals introduces and questions the idea of linearity. The primacy of language and mathematics (not images) makes this a highly conceptual piece (also a characteristic of work from Brazil and Argentina). So beyond simply enjoying the whimsical quality, I find myself pondering serious ideas about language conveyed through this mail-art. Here is Claudia Garcia’s envelope:
And the reverse:
Many thanks, Claudia Garcia! You have brightened what is proving to be a very frigid and bleak January. I look forward to more exchanges!
And take a gander at Claudia Garcia’s blog. Sublime! Lovely!
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