Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

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Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on May 26, 2015 at 1:29am

Very good to read your recent perceptions below, John. Such fresh air.

Comment by Ruud Janssen on May 24, 2015 at 9:07am

Comment by Jason C. Motsch on May 24, 2015 at 5:53am

Thanks for posting the great art by John M. Bennett and Finnbadger.  As to the classification of Finnbadger's piece, I think all three descriptive terms for the type of asemics it is apply.  I also agree that John M. Bennett's piece was asemic suggestive as you say.  One of the fun things about asemic writing is that it is perceived differently depending on the person, regardless of it not having any real original intended meaning.  another interesting facet is how it makes one feel when viewing it.  I have a different connection to asemic writing when I look at it than other forms of art.  Just my two cents lol.  Thanks again for posting these.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on May 23, 2015 at 4:51pm

Thx JMB. I can see the scans, but there was a funny glitch when I posted. I'm going to re-post. They are on my FB page as well.

It's really strange how asemic writing is such a point of contention when vispo isn't. As I stated in the debate w/ Pete Spence, I am OK with the concept of asemic writing. Some folks are not. A lot of the material posted in this group could be considered vispo as well. There are no restrictions in this group, of course.

Comment by John M. Bennett on May 23, 2015 at 4:45pm

NOW it's here!

Comment by John M. Bennett on May 23, 2015 at 3:41pm

Hey De Villo, thanks for the blast from the past peeks at those golden oldies - i could see them from the links in the email i rec'd, tho they do not appear on the blog site for some reason............  ????????  as to whether they are asemic or not, i really have no opinion on the matter; it's a classification problem for someone other than the artist to worry about (or not) - actually, I was thinking yesterday that there is no such thing as asemic art or writing:  EVERYTHING has a meaning.  "asemic", the word, means "no meaning", which in turn, of course, means something.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on May 23, 2015 at 3:28pm

This is a page of work by JMB that appeared in a zine called "MaLLife" (Seattle, 1988). The light blue piece is a TLP (Tacky Little Pamphlet) that is stapled into the zine; the title is "Snake Girls." On FB I described the work as "asemic-like," and I don't think Jim Leftwich agrees. This is definitely calligraphy, but I think the distortion in the letters is at least asemic suggestive. So I will share these here for the group to ponder. Here are more images from "Snake Girls":

Comment by De Villo Sloan on May 22, 2015 at 12:45pm

Thx Jason!

FinnBadger sent an interesting piece that is the result of a printer malfunction.

It could fit into the territory of found asemics, chance asemics, trashemics. You decide.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/printerpo-by-finnbadge...

Comment by Jason C. Motsch on May 22, 2015 at 5:12am

Comment by Jason C. Motsch on May 13, 2015 at 2:19am

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