Carlyle Baker (aka the mail artist we know as Carl Baker of Canada) has work featured on Michael Jacobson's New Post-Literate blog, which is very likely the best known asemic writing blog in the world.
Carl Baker has been an ongoing contributor to Asemic Front. Congrats to Carl!
Shawn McMurtagh of California (best known at IUOMA as a collaborator of John M. Bennett) sent me a big package of concrete poetry that I'll use primarily for asemic-concrete hybrids in the AF2 project. If anyone wants to jump in on the foundations I post, feel free. Many thanks to Shawn.
The now legendary Asemics 16 collaborative mail art book project had headquarters right here in our equally legendary asemics group!
Many members who remain were participants and we share fond memories.
I'm not here to report Asemics 16 is starting a new edition. But Cheryl Penn - who made it all possible - is doing some A 16 re-documentation from her collection. You might want to check this out and we'll see if she does more. Extraordinary work came from that project that shouldn't be forgotten:
BTW...I'd probably give myself a c- for this piece. Rubber stamping is not the greatest, and getting used to working with India Ink. Glad to practice, though...
Asemic Front 2 continues w/ collabs, solo work and the Studies in Material Culture Series. Mail me your work or post in this group if you want to participate.
Here is a collab by Jayne Lyons (Minnesota, USA) & me. Jayne's contribution is "Letter to Nancy Bell Scott" - an esteemed group member. Thx, Jayne.
I try to post an image and it asks abt pixels and wants one to use an url--so how does one actually post here? I have no problem on my own page but that is set up differently--many thanks for any advice--dbc
David, for me posting in this group is the same as always. But in other parts of the iuoma platform I can't upload at all and/or encounter bizarre glitches. Could be some software incompatibility. It can be tedious posting on this site. A lot of iuoma folks are on fb. I have to grit my teeth coming here.See you elsewhere. dvs
Such a rare honor to collab w/ the incomparable Carl Baker (Ontario, Canada). Time for some roots gothic industrial Great Lakes "dirty concrete" copy art-based ... whatever. Many thanks to Carl for participating in the series. The series is documented at Asemic Front 2.
Received an incredible collab by John M. Bennett (Ohio, USA) & Osvaldo Cibils (Italy) for Asemic Front. Thanks for sharing so much work w. AF & now AF 2. This beautiful work courtesy of Luna Bisonte Prods.
Also documentation of mail sent by Chris Wells (Ohio, USA) at AF2.
I'm thrilled to have completed a set of snail mail collabs w/ Terry Owenby (Gresham, Oregon, USA) for Asemic Front 2. I continue to document all work related to AF2 as the project is ongoing:
I received this great piece from group member Linda Rogers (Toronto, Canada). It also appears on the Asemic Front 2 blog. Thank you, Linda, for some fine asemic art!
Many asemic writers are also mail artists, and you'll probably see some names-work familiar to you. Some of our group members might want to consider her gallery.
Welcome Judith! Feel free to post, comment, ask questions, etc. I do often take postings for the Asemic Front project and some people use them for collabs as well. -DVS
Jayne and I are on the same path with these asemic-vispo pieces (that's how I think of them) that have a lot of image-text relations & textural deconstruction. That's great for AF2!
I've put up some great collabs by Cheryl Penn (South Africa) & Allan Bealy (USA) at Asemic Front 2. These are "hybrid" pieces that draw from concrete poetry, vispo, Lettrism (all things it helps to know about) but definitely asemic in the sense that language is fractured, reconstructed, new symbols made. Thx to Cheryl (actually an early founder of this group) and Allan of New York City.
We tend not to worry too much about following any strict guidelines for asemic writing or visual poetry (vispo) in this group.
Were you to scroll back the comments for years in this group, you'd find lengthy and sometimes contentious discussions about asemic writing.
Your work I've seen in the gallery is clearly text-oriented and directed toward the relation of language to image. That pretty much makes you a visual poet already.
Asemic writing is (most agree) a form of vispo where you are creating writing that cannot be read in a conventional way. Children do it naturally; it's that simple. (But then again Ph.D. literary theorists are writing about it.) Your choice, I guess.
The Wikipedia definition is actually very good should you wish to pursue this aspect of asemics. But you might be better off following your heart and intuition. They seem to be serving you well.
osvaldo cibils
Nov 30, 2018
De Villo Sloan
AF2 collab by Michael Orr (Georgia, USA) & me (DVS)
Dec 4, 2018
De Villo Sloan
New AF2 collab by (The Legend) Moan Lisa ( Iowa, USA) & Michael Orr (Georgia, USA). Thx
Dec 6, 2018
De Villo Sloan
IUOMA member Cinzia Farina (Italy) is featured at Asemic Front 2. Many thanks to Cinzia!
https://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2018/12/asemic-writing-by-cinzia-...
Dec 11, 2018
De Villo Sloan
Carlyle Baker (aka the mail artist we know as Carl Baker of Canada) has work featured on Michael Jacobson's New Post-Literate blog, which is very likely the best known asemic writing blog in the world.
Carl Baker has been an ongoing contributor to Asemic Front. Congrats to Carl!
https://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/2018/12/future-main2-sticks...
Dec 18, 2018
De Villo Sloan
Shawn McMurtagh of California (best known at IUOMA as a collaborator of John M. Bennett) sent me a big package of concrete poetry that I'll use primarily for asemic-concrete hybrids in the AF2 project. If anyone wants to jump in on the foundations I post, feel free. Many thanks to Shawn.
https://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2018/12/concrete-poetry-by-shawn-...
Dec 19, 2018
De Villo Sloan
Dec 19, 2018
De Villo Sloan
The now legendary Asemics 16 collaborative mail art book project had headquarters right here in our equally legendary asemics group!
Many members who remain were participants and we share fond memories.
I'm not here to report Asemics 16 is starting a new edition. But Cheryl Penn - who made it all possible - is doing some A 16 re-documentation from her collection. You might want to check this out and we'll see if she does more. Extraordinary work came from that project that shouldn't be forgotten:
https://newalexandrianlibrary.blogspot.com/2018/12/asemic-16-collab...
Dec 19, 2018
De Villo Sloan
AF2 collab by Shawn McMurtagh (California, USA), Rafael Gonzalez (Spain), & me.
Dec 20, 2018
De Villo Sloan
asemics dvs
Dec 26, 2018
Ficus strangulensis
Jan 8, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
An enhancement of my original digital (word processing) piece.
Jan 11, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
BTW...I'd probably give myself a c- for this piece. Rubber stamping is not the greatest, and getting used to working with India Ink. Glad to practice, though...
Jan 11, 2019
Ficus strangulensis
Jan 21, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Asemic Front 2 continues w/ collabs, solo work and the Studies in Material Culture Series. Mail me your work or post in this group if you want to participate.
Here is a collab by Jayne Lyons (Minnesota, USA) & me. Jayne's contribution is "Letter to Nancy Bell Scott" - an esteemed group member. Thx, Jayne.
Feb 16, 2019
De Villo Sloan
More pieces for the SiMCS that have been posted at AF2. Thx to contributors!
Feb 18, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Collab by Shawn McMurtagh (CA, USA) & moi. Asemic Front
Feb 18, 2019
david-baptiste chirot
I can not figure out how do you post to this group an image?--
Feb 18, 2019
david-baptiste chirot
I try to post an image and it asks abt pixels and wants one to use an url--so how does one actually post here? I have no problem on my own page but that is set up differently--many thanks for any advice--dbc
Feb 18, 2019
De Villo Sloan
David, for me posting in this group is the same as always. But in other parts of the iuoma platform I can't upload at all and/or encounter bizarre glitches. Could be some software incompatibility. It can be tedious posting on this site. A lot of iuoma folks are on fb. I have to grit my teeth coming here.See you elsewhere. dvs
Feb 18, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Such a rare honor to collab w/ the incomparable Carl Baker (Ontario, Canada). Time for some roots gothic industrial Great Lakes "dirty concrete" copy art-based ... whatever. Many thanks to Carl for participating in the series. The series is documented at Asemic Front 2.
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/02/studies-in-material-cultur...
Feb 21, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Diane Keys & DVS (me) for Asemic Front 2
Feb 25, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Feb 28, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Another (2 versions) collab by Diane Keys & me for AF2.
Feb 28, 2019
De Villo Sloan
New snail mail & digital asemic-abstract work by our own Yayoi S.W. (Kirkland, Washington, USA) at Asemic Front 2. Thx Yayoi!
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-abstract-asemic-art-by...
Mar 7, 2019
Terry Owenby
Collaborations between De Villo Sloan and Diane Keys are the best! You two create amazing art together!
Mar 7, 2019
Sabela Baña
VilIo Sloand. I
send to Ferran Destemple for your project.
Mar 9, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Yes Sabela, I have used several collabs by Ferran for Asemic Front. You can participate as much as you want.
I can use this starter?
And thank you Terry Owenby.
Mar 9, 2019
De Villo Sloan
New collabs by Diane Keys and me at Asemic Front 2.
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/03/asemic-front-2-collabs-dia...
Mar 11, 2019
Jan Hodgman
Send
ing off today:
Mar 14, 2019
Jan Hodgman
Oops on that posting. Did something change with the interface?
Mar 14, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Study I did for an upcoming collab with Cheryl Penn (South Africa).
Mar 19, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Received an incredible collab by John M. Bennett (Ohio, USA) & Osvaldo Cibils (Italy) for Asemic Front. Thanks for sharing so much work w. AF & now AF 2. This beautiful work courtesy of Luna Bisonte Prods.
Also documentation of mail sent by Chris Wells (Ohio, USA) at AF2.
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/03/asemic-front-2-collab-by-j...
Apr 1, 2019
De Villo Sloan
I'm thrilled to have completed a set of snail mail collabs w/ Terry Owenby (Gresham, Oregon, USA) for Asemic Front 2. I continue to document all work related to AF2 as the project is ongoing:
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/04/asemic-front-2-collabs-by-...
Apr 6, 2019
De Villo Sloan
I received this great piece from group member Linda Rogers (Toronto, Canada). It also appears on the Asemic Front 2 blog. Thank you, Linda, for some fine asemic art!
Apr 11, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Kimm Kiriako curates an online exhibit of women asemic writers. The new display is - imho - particularly spectacular. Check it out here:
https://womenasemicwriters.intuitiveartists.com/
Many asemic writers are also mail artists, and you'll probably see some names-work familiar to you. Some of our group members might want to consider her gallery.
Apr 17, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Asemic Front collab by Jayne Lyons (Minnesota, USA) & me for Asemic Front. Thx for mailing to me JL.
Apr 19, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
DVS - I think that asemic starter sheet of yours in fab! I printed off a few of them in hopes of trying some other projects.
Apr 19, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
“In this moment” An asemic piece by JBL
Apr 22, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
“Please, please, please” Asemic (Vispo??) piece by JBL.
Apr 23, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
“Love that Bloom! Asemic and doodles by JBL.
Apr 23, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
“Love that Bloom! Photo collage of Asemic and doodles by JBL. Original and three different filters.
Apr 23, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Welcome Judith! Feel free to post, comment, ask questions, etc. I do often take postings for the Asemic Front project and some people use them for collabs as well. -DVS
Jayne and I are on the same path with these asemic-vispo pieces (that's how I think of them) that have a lot of image-text relations & textural deconstruction. That's great for AF2!
Apr 24, 2019
Judith Dagan
Apr 24, 2019
Judith Dagan
De Villo, Do you recognize your started? I don't know what track I am on. Is this vispo?
Apr 24, 2019
Jayne Barket Lyons
Judith - I’m going to throw in my 2 cents... Your work on that DVS starter is awesome. I really like the train tracks idea! Keep it up!!
Apr 24, 2019
De Villo Sloan
I've put up some great collabs by Cheryl Penn (South Africa) & Allan Bealy (USA) at Asemic Front 2. These are "hybrid" pieces that draw from concrete poetry, vispo, Lettrism (all things it helps to know about) but definitely asemic in the sense that language is fractured, reconstructed, new symbols made. Thx to Cheryl (actually an early founder of this group) and Allan of New York City.
http://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2019/04/asemic-visual-poetry-colla...
Apr 25, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Dear Judith,
We tend not to worry too much about following any strict guidelines for asemic writing or visual poetry (vispo) in this group.
Were you to scroll back the comments for years in this group, you'd find lengthy and sometimes contentious discussions about asemic writing.
Your work I've seen in the gallery is clearly text-oriented and directed toward the relation of language to image. That pretty much makes you a visual poet already.
Asemic writing is (most agree) a form of vispo where you are creating writing that cannot be read in a conventional way. Children do it naturally; it's that simple. (But then again Ph.D. literary theorists are writing about it.) Your choice, I guess.
The Wikipedia definition is actually very good should you wish to pursue this aspect of asemics. But you might be better off following your heart and intuition. They seem to be serving you well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing
Apr 25, 2019
De Villo Sloan
The visual poetry section is also very good:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_poetry
Apr 25, 2019
De Villo Sloan
Also so I can feel like I'm keeping from meandering I want to add that Minimalism is a big element in avant art & also mail art.
Asemic writing can be very minimal and also focused purely on the writing aspect.
Minimalism is harder than it looks. I am terrible at it.
But nothing says you have to fill every micro-dot of a page. Absence, emptiness, nothing - those are artist tools too. No?
Eduardo Cardoso's (Portugal) Minimalist group is FAB and Eduardo is a great visual poets as well.
Apr 25, 2019