AF2 Report from Visconsin - Tom Hibbard on Leftwich "decompositions" & Vispo in Waukesha

 

The Waukesha, Wisconsin Memorial (December 2021)

 (Photo courtesy of Tom Hibbard)

By Tom Hibbard

Thank you for the post on “decompositions” (2006) by Jim Leftwich. I think the piece is interesting because it describes the decay of structures rather than their strengths.

https://asemicfront2.blogspot.com/2021/12/lost-classics-unpacking-decompositions.html

I attended the Waukesha memorial parade last weekend - warm and sunny - a place of spontaneity like a “visual poem” - the statue - a sun dial - pushes the visual poem toward expression - this outpouring constitutes a statement - everything here already creates shared emotions and understanding - while the diversity of language brings words into thought.

With the holiday parade tragedy in Waukesha, I search for answers. I find myself looking at our inner problems again: materialist values, unfriendliness and worse, exclusivity, no kindness, no interaction.

-sSs-

The Language Signifier:Visual Writing and Ecologies of Dimensionality 

by Tom Hibbard (Luna Bisonte 2019) (Cover by Cecil Touchan)

From the Editor: Tom Hibbard is an Asemic Front 2 correspondent-at-large living in Wisconsin, USA. 

Among his many accomplishments in writing and the visual arts, he is the author of The Language Signifier: Visual Writing and Ecologies of Dimensionality (Luna Bisonte 2019).

The Language Signifier presents in-depth analysis of visual writing, asemic writing and other postavant genres in the accessible form of reviews. Included is writing about Luc Fierens, Jack Kerouac, Adriana Kobor, Michael Rothenberg, Spencer Selby, Eileen Tabios, among others. Useful examples of vispo and asemics are included.

The book is a resource for those working with vispo and asemic theory. Hibbard's impressive knowledge of critical theory enables him to navigate - ultimately to the reader's benefit - the disputed, blasted terrain of competing forces seeking to colonize new forms.

Thus, I am thrilled Tom Hibbard is an AF2 correspondent. We can look forward to seeing more of his work.

Back cover: Vispo by Andrew Topel & John M. Bennett. 

Book design by C. Mehrl Bennett & Tom Hibbard

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