"Kristine Snodgrass Typed-over" : Asemic Visual Poetry Collabs w/ De Villo Sloan

Asemic visual poetry collaboration by Kristine Snodgrass 

(Florida, USA) & De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)

These type-overs are based on a remarkable solo series by Kristine Snodgrass recently published in Brave New World. I found the series, essentially in my view a collection of asemic glyphs, to evoke mystery and a cryptic tone. I also believe her series penetrates into deep recesses of the unconscious and shows possibilities of asemic writing so far barely realized as the field opens. See the solo pieces:

https://bnw-mag.blogspot.com/2020/03/kristine-snodgrass-six-asemic-pieces.html

I saw in these works a rare opportunity to apply my "type-overs" derived from concrete poetry in, hopefully, an interesting way. As much as Kristine's pieces are organic and sub-conscious, the concrete overlays are material language and rooted in the geometry of "pattern poetry." 

As I worked on the pieces a thought was running through my mind (and based on a discussion with Kristine Snodgrass): "Narrative is a process of overlays, omissions and obscuration." I am not even sure what that means. So I will leave the rest to kind AF2 viewers. 

- De Villo Sloan

by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan

by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan

by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan

by Kristine Snodgrass & De Villo Sloan