Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

Sorry for the SSP (Shameless Self-Promotion, but here is a link to an M-L ebook that has much of my asemic-vispo work from the last year.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/232205228/NEONISM-by-De-Villo-Sloan

AND - as a teaser - M-L will be releasing another asemic book in July by one of the members of our humble group. I won't reveal the author's identity just yet, but I think it's going to be a very exciting collection.

Thanks for the praise, here is a series of 12 landscape window envelopes: in the windows are torn fragments of newspapers, so I named the series after the last song of Sgt Peppers: a day in the life, I read it in the news 2day, oh boy (LoL)

Thanks for the praise, here is a series of 12 landscape window envelopes: in the windows are torn fragments of newspapers, so I named the series after the last song of Sgt Peppers: a day in the life, I read it in the news 2day, oh boy (LoL)

Received from marianne dedecker, Belgium, on holiday in Romania

Here is an asemic exploration by Dan Mouer (Richmond, Virginia, USA) received last week. Thanks Dan!

Thx everyone for posting recent work & comments: Guido (wow, "A Day in the Life" is great & the legendary song has elements of asemic music for sure), Bruno, JMB (gosh, like Trashpo Mayan asemic glifs - always a revelation), Susan M., Kerri Pullo....

Again, I hope no one minds if I re-post some of these on the humble M-L blog.

An asemic explosion the past month or two, esp from Guido. Phenomenal. 

SOLD , a dialogue on war and peace, between Mariana Serban and Guido Vermeulen, maybe this is a dialogue between non asemics and asemics, who shall tell?

SOLD , a dialogue on war and peace, between Mariana Serban and Guido Vermeulen, maybe this is a dialogue between non asemics and asemics, who shall tell?

SOLD , a dialogue on war and peace, between Mariana Serban and Guido Vermeulen, maybe this is a dialogue between non asemics and asemics, who shall tell? Artist book production

Great Stuff, Guido - there's a TLP of our latest headed yr mail in the mail -

Received yesterday, thanks John, also for Poetripas

Speaking of TLPs (Tacky Little Pamphlets), I just blogged a TLP received from Matthew Stolte (Wisonsin, USA). I dug into TLP history a little & found a link to a Blaster Al interview where he talks about Haddock inventing TLPs in the 70s (one version of history anyway).  Matt's vispo & poetry is fab as well, IMHO.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tlp-by-matthew-stolte-...

Yep, that's the most widely spread tale of the origin of TLPs; of that name, at least -

Collage received from Adrienne Mason, Canada.

Love the fusion of fabrics, vegetables, face and tongue.

wooooooooooooooooow

fantastic 

YES!

Welcome Roberto!

I received a great piece from Carmela Rizzuto (Sunnyvale, CA, USA) that appropriates a fragment by Carl Baker (Peterborough, Canada). Interesting idea; fine result. Thanks Carmela.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/vispo-by-carmela-rizzu...

Collaborations between John Bennett and Diane Keys

Collaborations between John Bennett and Jim Leftwich

Collaborations between John Bennett and Matthew Stolte

Collaboration between John Bennett (USA) and Guido Vermeulen (Belgium)

a tribute to Jiri Kolar

Kolar was a Czech collage artist who made newsreels (collages with newspaper materials) after the SU invaded Prague in 1968 to end brutally the experiment of the Prague spring.

The 2 newsreels John and I made are linked with the war on Gaza, 2014.

Collaboration between John Bennett (USA) and Guido Vermeulen (Belgium)

a tribute to Jiri Kolar

Kolar was a Czech collage artist who made newsreels (collages with newspaper materials) after the SU invaded Prague in 1968 to end brutally the experiment of the Prague spring.

The 2 newsreels John and I made are linked with the war on Gaza, 2014.

Limited book edition uniting some of the collaborations between me and John Bennett, Kerri Pullo and Mariana Serban.

Mailed copies to my partners in asemic crime 2day.

Yow!  this looks great, Guido!  thank you, and thank you for posting!

john

Thanks Guido for sharing these great pieces!

Some really extraordinary collabs circulating these days.

I picked up a bursting package at the PO this week from JMB (thanks John) so will have more to add.

A Turkish Armenian friend asked me to write an intro to the collaborations book, so he could understand the images "better". I did this in French yesterday. It is not part or in the book but I blogged the text:

http://mailartinternationale.blogspot.be/2014/08/collaborations-in-...

Merci, Guido!  Une introduction formidable - "vision myope" - HA! HA!, exacte, c'est parfait - et aussi: j'adore Guido Vermeulen!

john

Jan Hodgman, a member of our group, sent me a really interesting piece that's not only asemic-suggestive but (dare I say?) semiotic in its use of symbol combinations in forming structures that explore the nature of written language. The rubbing made me think of David Chirot's "rub-BEings."

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/reb-being-from-jan-hod...

Thanks, Jan!

Diane Keys & John M. Bennett

Just having fun

Ha ha ha - great Guido! The phrase just makes it resonate scrumptiously! ^_^

Here's an ATC from Carina Granlund (Petsmo, Finland) w/asemics & visual- textual material.

In Memoriam: Guido Vermeulen (1954-2014)

Guido Vermeulen was a faithful and inspirational contributor to our asemic writing group, as well as a friend and faithful correspondent to many. He will be missed. Guido's work lives on, including amazing postings in these threads. He will not be forgotten.

Guido died???  nonononononononononononononoooooooooooo  how?  wqs he ill?

Borderline Grafix (Austin, TX, USA) sent me a book of asemics: PhotoAsemic Landscapes. In the collection he uses what we've come to call in this group eco-asemics: asemic-suggestive forms from nature. In fact, Guido Vermeulen was one of our big contributors in that area. So thanks & congrats on the book to BG & people interested in trading asemics might put him on their lists.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/photoasemic-landscapes...

Jim Leftwich sent me a truly extraordinary package of Trashpo, and an added bonus was a bunch of TLPs w/vispo-asemic collabs done by Jim and JMB. There is some amazing stuff there. I was able to scan about 2/3 of what came in the envelope. Have a look:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-do-the-perfect-...