Studies in Material Culture: John M. Bennett, Diane Keys, De Villo Sloan

 

 

Studies in Material Culture Series collab by John M. Bennett (USA),

Diane Keys (USA), De Villo Sloan (USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation by John M. Bennett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Studies in Material Culture" by Robin Tomens

A contribution to the Studies in Material Culture Series

by Robin Tomens (London, UK)

 

 

I am very pleased to be able to add this piece by British visual poet and artist Robin Tomens to Studies in Material Culture (SiMCS).

 

Asemic Front readers will likely recall his previous submissions in Part I, many of which are grounded in concrete poetry. Thus, he is attuned to the concept of "language as material" that helps form the basis of the SiMCS specifically.

 

In a note, Robin Tomens explains the work above is on a paper background and is his altered photo of books. For me, the subject choice is perfect: The book is a three-dimensional material language construct. The aesthetic choices for the photo are made carefully. The structure and forms in the image explore the nature of this materiality. As the SiMCS continues, I hope we can deepen and expand this meditation.

 

- DVS

 

 

 

 



Studies in Material Culture Series Continues As Part of Asemic Front 2

Studies in Material Culture Series by De Villo Sloan

 

 

 

If you have any work you would like to contribute to the Studies in Material Cultures Series that started on AF1, please send it along. The series continues on AF2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemic Collaborations by Kristine Snodgrass & Jay Snodgrass + more!

Collaboration by Kristine Snodgrass & Jay Snodgrass (Florida, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Kristine Snodgrass & Jay Snodgrass

 

 

 

 

Solo work by Kristine Snodgrass:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Kristine Snodgrass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemic-Concrete Text by Cheryl Penn

Asemic-Concrete text by Cheryl Penn (Durban, South Africa)

(Photo by Cheryl Penn) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Cheryl Penn (detail-remix DVS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by Cheryl Penn (detail-remix DVS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemics & Vispo Collabs by Shawn McMurtagh & De Villo Sloan (Part 1)

Snail mail AF2 collab by De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)

& Shawn Mc Murtagh (California, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AF2 collab by De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)

& Shawn Mc Murtagh (California, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snail mail AF2 collab by De Villo Sloan (New York, USA)

& Shawn Mc Murtagh (California, USA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemics & Visual Poetry by Shawn McMurtagh & John M. Bennett

Collab by Shawn McMurtagh (California, USA)

& John M. Bennett (Ohio, USA).

Originally issued by Luna Bisonte Prods

 

 

Last December I began publishing the contents of an extraordinary and generous package sent for Asemic Front 2 by Southern California visual poet Shawn McMurtagh. I'm sharing this material over several posts. Shawn has produced many collabs with John M. Bennett (ideal in every way for AF2). Today I am thrilled to be able to present stunning examples of these collaborative efforts along with related solo pieces by Shawn.

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see, these were originally issued by legendary Luna Bisonte Prods; and the work is certainly faithful to the avant garde, post-avant, underground literary tradition with which this enduring and historic press is identified. I'm very at home with the disrupted, distorted, Burroughsian postmodernist quality of the work because it is a familiar milieu to me. If anyone is not familiar, I encourage you to give it a chance.

 

- DVS

 

 

 

Classic copyart by Shawn McMurtagh

functioning as asemics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemics by Shawn McMurtagh (DVS remix)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asemics by Shawn McMurtagh (DVS remix)