Asemic Front 2 Top Ten Vispo Faves of 2024

 

"field recording; winter highway; rain; swoosh (databending)" 

by Kristen Szumyn (Sydney, Australia) (circa 2024)

Asemic Front 2 Top Ten Vispo Faves of 2024

 

Friends know I would never seriously present my opinions concerning the “Top Ten Visual Poets of 2024” disguised as an objective ranking. However, these end-of-the-year ratings are a staple for bookish blogs. And fun.

I had a great year reviewing, interviewing, writing review-essays & curating for Asemic Front 2 as well as my New Concrete Poetry blog. I seldom write “negative” reviews, and this has been a year of non-stop innovations & breakthroughs in postavant poetics. So I believe my 2024 fave list will expose you to some of the most exciting poets & artists working today.

As 2024 fades, I present my list (not in any real order) of annual highlights for 2024 at AF2. The list is based on articles and work curated on the blog during 2024.

 

AF2 2024 Top 10 Vispo Faves

 

1 Collected (minimalist concrete poetry) by Charlotte Jung (Sweden/USA). Review. Full-length collection published by Timglaset (Sweden 2023). (AF2 November 12, 2024).

2 Light Pours In by Amy Rodriguez (Arkansas, USA). Review. Chapbook published in the Anhinga Press Visual Poetry Series (Florida, USA 2024). (AF2 July 21, 2024).

3 “Hyperreality, Simulation, Simulacra & the Metasemic: Recent Work by Kristen Szumyn (Australia).” Essay-review, gallery. (AF 2 September 23, 2024).

4 “The Lettrist Presence in Current Vispo: Serse Luigetti (Italy).” Review/essay & gallery. (AF2 August 7, 2024).

5 Wars by Angela Caporaso (Italy). Review. Chapbook published by above/ground press (Canada 2024). (AF2 July 9, 2024).

6 “The New Object Poetry & Terri Witek’s (Florida, USA) ‘materiality series.’” Interview/review & gallery. (AF2 August 12, 2024).

7 “Neoglyphics & Other Recent Asemics” by John Richard McConnochie (Australia). AF2 Gallery: digital asemics. (AF2 September 14, 2024).

8 Glitchy Women (glitchtext anthology). Review, gallery. Full-length anthology. Van Vliet Gallery (Vermont, USA 2024). (AF2 May 14, 2024).

9 “Ferran Destemple’s (Spain) Asemic Erasure of William S. Burroughs’ The Soft Machine.” Review, gallery. (AF2 August 7, 2024).

10 Colorways: Poems & Images by Andrew Brenza (NY, USA). Review. Full-length collection in the Anhinga Press Visual Poetry Series (Florida, USA). (AF2 April 20, 2024).

- De Villo Sloan

December 18, 2024

Elbridge, NY

De Villo Sloan is a concrete poet who lives in Upstate New York and writes about postavant art & lit. He is director of the Winifred & De Villo Sloan, Jr. Charitable Fund.