gliTchXT by Toddy Bee (Louisiana, USA)
Toddy Bee, a previous Asemic Front 2 contributor (commencing 2018), includes textual experiments in his creative production process. This ensures we will find his new work engaging & full of surprises, the example closest at hand being these digital compositions displayed today at AF2.
Along with Kristine Snodgrass (USA), John McConnochie (Australia) & other innovative visual poets, Toddy Bee is working - shown here - on glitched texts (& general text corruption techniques) to create symbols, structures & images through random digital destruction, distortion & disruption of (originally) material &/or digital texts. (I realize these would not be the first visual poets to stumble upon glitching.)
Another important aspect of this post is offering evidence that asemic art is not limited to calligraphy. (A chorus of faceless asemicists is doubtless cued to disagree.) The whole notion of "deconstructive asemics" as well as the identification of a strong Post-Lettrist strain in contemporary asemics has been championed by the Asemic Front project since inception.
And this is not to even touch the surface of eco-asemics & found asemics.
Clouded - I hope not too badly - by my lack of expertise in the digital realm, I see glitching text as a tool with the same impact now as the cut-up technique had generations earlier. Toddy Bee seems to be working in the same direction.
The GliTchXT is a departure from the glitch art genre because it is an investigation into the depths of language & expression. Thus, I do not believe visual poets owe any allegiance to "conventions" of glitch art; but much can be learned from the glitch artists, clearly. Another comparison would be the uses of glitches & distortion in music: The technology is defining, but only the artist can unlock the potential of the technology.
Deepest thanks to Toddy Bee for sharing his digital work.
- De Villo Sloan
gliTchXT by Toddy Bee (Louisiana, USA)
gliTchXT by Toddy Bee (Louisiana, USA)
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