De Villo Sloan's Blog Posts Tagged 'asemic-writing' (227)

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

June 15, 2014 - I have praised Joey Patrickt for his West Coast surrealism in previous blogs. In this posting, I recognize his versatility. He sent me a…

Mail art by IUOMA member Mick Boyle (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)

June 10, 2015 - I am thrilled to have received work by veteran mail artist Mick Boyle from nearby Pennsylvania. Mick Boyle’s envelope contained…

Mail art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

June 6, 2015 - I received this wonderful card from Erica Durante upon which she is further developing her very original asemic style. She has integrated some…

Mail art by IUOMA member Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

June 5, 2015 - Given that, like Richard Canard, he primarily uses the compact postcard format, Thomas Brown manages to squeeze a lot of concepts into his…

Mail art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

June 3, 2015 - Riding yet another post-avant wave with characteristic adeptness, Richard Canard has donned his shades and made another foray into the…

Asemic TLP (Tacky Little Pamphlet) by IUOMA member Jason C. Motsch (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)

May 30, 2015 - I am thrilled to share another TLP recently received. (I will return to Le Becca soon.) Jason Motsch sent…

Mail art by IUOMA member Rosa Gravino (Canada de Gomez, Argentina)

May 27, 2015 - Rosa Gravino is a wonderfully talented visual poet and faithful correspondent. She continually works on exhibitions that promote vispo (visual…

Mail art by Maria Morisot aka Moan Lisa (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)

May 25, 2015 - FinnBadger’s (Columbus, Ohio, USA) recent scannerpo experiment stimulated some conversations here about text-oriented compositions in relation to…

“new art directions” (phase 6) by Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

May 17, 2015 - Ruud Janssen has created many charts mapping trends, events, strategies, theories and other subjects related to mail art and Fluxus. These charts are…

Mail art by IUOMA member Mars Tokyo (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

May 16, 2015 - I have been a fan of Mars Tokyo’s art for a long time. Her work has been…

Mail art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

April 29, 2015 - Asemic writing: Everyone is doing it these days, or so it seems. And New Jersey correspondent, Erica Durante, weighs in with what I take to…

Mail art by IUOMA member Moan Lisa (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)

April 24, 2015 - I have received two missives from Moan Lisa (aka Maria Morisot) referencing asemics. I can tell you Moan Lisa was a member of the Martha Stuart…

Mail art by IUOMA member Chris Reynolds aka Mudhead and Alyssum (Payson, Arizona, USA)

April 20, 2015 - My favorite Seers – Mudhead and Alyssum – have sent a fabulous new missive featuring some absolutely extraordinary…

Mail art by IUOMA member Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

April 15, 2015 - Visual poet Matthew Stolte sent me this batch of colorful yet language-centered vispo that includes a fair share of asemics and shows a…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jim Leftwich (Roanoke, Virginia, USA)

April 4, 2015 - I am thrilled to be able to share with you asemic writing on a set of six cards sent to me by Jim Leftwich. Here is a view of three of the…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

April 4, 2015 - Joey Patrickt sent me an excellent scanner smear. I have been experimenting with pieces like this lately as asemic and vispo compositions. Joey…

Mail art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

March 28, 2015 - While Diane Keys is best known as the Queen of Trash and DKult’s psychic leader, she is a talented and recognized asemic writer and visual poet as…

Mail art by IUOMA member Linda French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

March 18, 2015 - Collage using cut-up letters amounts to a subgenre within asemics, and this method of composition is not as easy as it might first appear.…

Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

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Mail-art by IUOMA member Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

March 4, 2015 - I am always thrilled to receive new work from Matthew Stolte and to share it. No matter how recognized and in demand he might be in the vispo…