Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

08.04.17 Dare De Villo S., ...apparently, Ruud Janssen is taking this Asemic business very seriously. Intriguing series. Richard C.

Allison Anne is here! Welcome!

Yes, Richard. Ruud Janssen is taking the asemic world by storm these days. I am so glad to see the work in this group.

I'm absent a bit these days because I am launching Asemic Front and closing the Karnival of Trash. Three of Ruud's pieces have already appeared on AF.

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/04/03/three-asemic-texts-by-...

Richard, I have a bunch of asemic work from you. It will appear soon.

Also a great collab by Diane Keys, John M. Bennett and Sheila Murphy. Sheila Murphy is not well known in these parts, but she is a great experimentalist.

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/rabbit-scribe-collab-b...

Here's a 'card' from Kosmo Vinyl which is, to me, asemic even though I've translated it into english and know what it says/means. When I look at it, I see no meaning other than perhaps the language.

Received a great piece from Mikel Untzilla (Euskadi (Basque Country) Spain). Thx.

Ferran Destemple (Spain) is an excellent visual poet. Richard believes Ferran's piece for the Karnival of Trash is asemic. And maybe it. See for yourself.

and maybe it is

A piece received in March from Jan Hodgman (Washington State). Many thx

John M. Bennett & Texas Fontanlella

Great work here recently, including this.

Thx NBS and received your mail, btw. Thx for the great response.

Matt Stolte (Wisconsin, USA) & I have done 2 collabs via snail mail.

I'll be posting collabs and solo work I receive at Asemic Front:

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/asemic-vispo-collab-by...

Two stunning pieces from Jan Hodgman (Washington State, USA) that I've posted at Asemic Front. Thx Jan!

I've run a selection of work I consider vispo-asemic by Werner Krause (Vienna, Austria) on Asemic Front. I think the guy is awesome, especially in the area of digital asemics but he clearly uses some conventional calligraphy and street art as well.

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/05/05/asemic-visual-textuals...

You might be interested in my new AF piece "Asemic Writing and Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia." (What? You likely ask). Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia is the documented phenom of seeing ordinary words (b&w) and numbers in color. Ever notice how much asemic writing uses color? I found some interesting things.

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/asemic-writing-and-gra...

Welcome back, Moan Lisa.

I'm not a psychologist and grapheme-color synesthesia is beyond my ability to explain beyond what's on the blog. I know you have some limitations in terms of your ability to concentrate as well.

Grapheme-color synesthesia is a psychological condition that involves seeing words and numbers in color, where most people would see black and white and grey. There are additional associations as well.

My purpose was to point out how the use of color in visual poetry and asemics seems to be similar to  grapheme-color synesthesia. I tried to point the reader toward further academic research.

Here is a link that shows some examples of what someone experiencing grapheme-color synesthesia might see:

https://synesthesia.com/blog/index.php/grapheme-color-synesthesia-s...

Otherwise, I leave explaining to the psychologists among us.

I don't know how common it is, short-term or long-term.

That's the thing - a lot of visual poets, including you Moan Lisa, used colored text, letters, numbers.

The research suggests synaesthesia is connected to MEANING. So we might have color-coded language? That's where it gets hard to explain.

But I think you got it.

That's amazing NBS.

BTW I have a bunch of your work coming up on AF soon.

Thanks DVS. Really *stunning* work on Asemic Front lately.

Great asemic pieces from Sabela Bana (A Coruna, Spain). She's an IUOMA member and, last thing I know, was a member of our group.

I took the liberty of doing some collabs with the work of Osvaldo Cibils for Asemic Front (the risk you run posting in this group).

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/asemic-collabs-by-osva...

This one is glitched. (I kinda like it.)

Great collabs, De Villo Sloan! Estupendo!

I know some of you know the work of Jurga Sarapova (Lithuania) via FB. I think she is a great visual poet and have featured her on Asemic Front. I encourage you to take a look. I think she is really good.

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/05/27/structural-asemics-by-...

Color me FASCINATED!

Visual poets on FB seem familiar with Jurga Sarapova. I don't think, unfortunately, that she exchanges mail art. She has many albums of work on FB.

Group member Jan Hodgman and I have done several collabs, which are documented on AF. Great experience, Jan!

https://asemicfront.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/rorschach-asemic-colla...

Great collaboration, Jan and De Villo!