De Villo Sloan's Blog Posts Tagged 'vispo' (308)

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…

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

May 24, 2015 - Curbing minimalist tendencies, Richard Canard sent me this wonderful piece some time ago that I am just now getting around to documenting.…

“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 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…

The sad news of Bob Grumman's passing is sweeping through the network and vispo community.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Grumman

(The entry has not been updated to record Bob's passing.)

For me, Bob Grumman's writing about vispo is foundational; and I believe history will recognize him as one of the earliest and most influential writers in the vispo area. Bob was an active networker for many years. Many will…

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 Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

March 22, 2015 - Richard Canard is an encyclopedia of avant forms and tropes that have traveled from numerous sources into the mail art network. He frequently puts…

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 member Mariska van den Heuvel (Warnsveld, Netherlands)

March 10, 2015 - IUOMA friends who go back a few years probably know Mariska van den Heuvel is one of my fave conceptualists ever. I have written…

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

Part I…

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…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jan Hodgman (Anacortes, Washington, USA)

February 25, 2015 - I am thrilled to share work recently received from Jan Hodgman. She has a natural interest in and talent for asemics, and I am glad to be…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Eduardo Cardoso (Sines, Portugal)

January 21, 2015 - Visual poet and artist Eduardo Cardoso sent me a hefty package of mail-art that includes an add & pass boekie (aka artists book or TLP…

Mail art by IUOMA member Nancy Bell Scott (South Portland, Maine, USA)

January 17, 2015 - Nancy Bell Scott is not as prolific as many of her contemporaries; so when she issues a new batch of her totally distinctive…

Mail art by IUOMA member Ficus strangulensis (Charleston, West Virginia, USA)

January 13, 2015 - In 2012 acclaimed otherstream writer and artist Ficus strangulensis participated in a mail-art project involving collaborations…

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

January 7, 2015 - Linda Faye French of Minnesota sent me some wonderful mail art. This piece, approximately 4 X 6 inches, is painted (or otherwise…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Tiffany Bahan (Urbana, Ohio, USA)

December 27, 2014 - Thanks to Tiffany Bahan for sending this beautiful, postcard-size collage. She certainly brightens what was a bleak, grey December…