Asemic visual poetry collab by Kristine Snodgrass & Karla Van Vliet
I am thrilled to be able to share these new collaborations by Asemic Front 2 regular contributor Kristine Snodgrass (Florida, USA) & Karla Van Vliet (Vermont, USA), who makes her AF2 debut with this entry.
AF2 faithfuls (thank you so much for all your current support & interest!) doubtless recognize in these pieces the dynamic, singular style emerging from Kristine's glitched asemic vispo experiments. I am very pleased to be able to provide ongoing documentation of her "femmeglitch" pieces. Examples can also be found in her recent book American Apparell & at other web & print locations.
Karla Van Vliet is a poet, artist & Integrative Dream Analyst, among many other endeavors & accomplishments. She works at the New England Young Writers Conference in Vermont. An explanatory statement on her website says that Karla "engages in asemic writing as a radical act, that of not being silenced in this time where she is often at a loss for words. Using the gesture of writing she explores the transitory realm between the internal experience and expressions." Her website - so aptly named "Organic Form" - displays many examples of her solo work & other information about her; it is definitely worth a visit:
http://www.vanvlietarts.com/index.html
To the reader not particularly familiar with solo work by Snodgrass or Van Vliet, these compositions must surely appear harmonious & integrated: The artists have reached that elusive unity - transcending themselves (if that is not too cosmic!) to form a greater third entity - sought but not always achieved in collaborations.
In several years of Asemic Front 2, I have found this "Third Mind" (Brion Gysin) achievement is the key to the most successful collabs, although I am also convinced all collaboration experiences promote growth & self-knowledge.
For those more familiar with Kristine's visual poetry, her femmeglitch concept/process provides structure for these pieces. Karla's personal development of asemic symbols & syntax provides the collabs with richness of content, depth & numerous possibilities for "reading." Her contributions are rooted in calligraphy & painting. (A binary structure from her recent work also contributes to form in the collabs.) It is an excellent partnership from which the audience benefits greatly.
With her femmeglitch experiments, Kristine Snodgrass entered new territory for herself & asemic & visual poets generally. She found a vast & unexplored territory; but the worlds beyond the limits of our own cultural constraints & expectations appear vast, chaotic & strange at first sight. In the end, few have the courage to enter.
Kristine Snodgrass has been exceptionally adept at finding form & beauty at the borderlands. I believe these collabs reveal a new formal mastery of the femmeglitch on Kristine's part. (The compositions are, indeed, surprisingly formal). I see this as a positive in this case. Kristine has provided new structures (especially color-related), an interesting theme/variation pattern & incremental repetition for the pieces. This is, indeed, poetry!
Deepest thanks to Kristine Snodgrass & Karla Van Vliet.
- De Villo Sloan
By Kristine Snodgrass & Karla Van Vliet
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