Asemic Vispo by Marcela Peral (Rosario, Argentina)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail art by IUOMA member Marcela Peral (Rosario, Argentina)

November 22, 2015 - Marcela Peral is a visual poet and artist who is active in the Eternal Network. I am thrilled to have received this new work from her. I first became familiar with Marcela Peral’s work during the Asemics 16 collaborative books project that was headquartered at IUOMA-Ning circa 2011-12 and coordinated by Cheryl Penn (South Africa) and me. I quickly became a big fan of her particular blend of visual poetry and asemics.

Marcela Peral has a gift for book arts. This work she sent me is a regular A4 (approx. 8.5 X 11 inches) sheet. The folding is suggestive of book pages. Here is a detail shot:

This work has a copy art quality. She makes maximum use of textures and tonality often associated with copy art aka xerolage. In fact, I was not able to capture in scans the exceptional nature of the work. In other words, it is a lot nicer than it appears here.

A closer look at her stamp:

And the envelope:

Wonderful to receive mail from old friend Marcela Peral!