- Asemic writing
Asemic writing is a wordless open
semantic form ofwriting . The word "asemic" means "having no specific semantic content".Illegible, invented, or primal scripts (
cave painting s,doodle s, children's drawings, etc.) are all influences upon asemic writing. But instead of being thought of as mimicry of preliterate expression, asemic writing can be considered as a postliterate style of writing that uses all forms of creativity for inspiration.Some asemic writing has
pictograms orideograms , which suggest a meaning through their shape. Other forms are shapeless and exist as pure conception.Asemic writing has no verbal sense, though it may have clear textual sense. Through its formatting and structure, asemic writing may suggest a type of document and, thereby, suggest a meaning. The form of
art is still writing, oftencalligraphic in form, and either depends on a reader's sense and knowledge of writing systems for it to make sense, or can be understood through aesthetic intuition.Asemic writing can also be seen as a relative perception, whereby unknown languages and forgotten scripts provide templates and platforms for new modes of expression.
Asemic writing occurs in
avant-garde literature and art with strong roots in the earliest forms of writing.ee also
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A Book from the Sky "
*Brion Gysin
*Christian Dotremont
*Codex Seraphinianus
*Experimental literature
*Henri Michaux
*Lettrism
*Postliterate society
*Visual poetry
*Voynich manuscript Books
* Michael Jacobson, "The Giant's Fence." Barbarian Interior Books, 2006. ISBN:1-4116-6208-3 [http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2007/03/sans-teeth-sans-eyes-sans-taste-sans.html]
* Tim Gaze, "Writing." xPress(ed), 2004. ISBN: 951-9198-86-5External links
* [http://www.asemic.net/ Asemic magazine]
* [http://thenonist.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/2679/ Adventures in Nonism: Asemic art]
* [http://avance.randomflux.info/ Avance]
* [http://thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com/ The New Post-Literate]
* [http://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/16/asemic-scapes-by-sarah-schneider/ Asemic Scapes]
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