Asemic Cut-Up by Linda French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

[De Villo Sloan]

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. This work by Linda French, in my estimation, is a spectacular success. Cutting up and recombining existing language is a proven method for generating asemic writing. This work, like so many of the asemic pieces I receive, relies heavily on visual arts elements – such as color, shape and repetition – so vispo elements are present as well.

Rather than an envelope, the work arrived encased in plastic:

Here is the reverse side prior to opening:

Many thanks to Linda French for more lovely work!