Asemic : the art of writing / Peter Schwenger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwenger, Peter, 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visualization.

Physical Description:

173 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2019.

Summary:

The first critical study of writing without language In recent years, asemic writing--writing without language--has exploded in popularity, with anthologies, a large-scale art exhibition, and flourishing interest on sites like tumblr, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Yet this burgeoning, fascinating field has never received a dedicated critical study. Asemic fills that gap, proposing new ways of rethinking the nature of writing. Pioneered in the work of creators such as Henri Michaux, Roland Barthes, and Cy Twombly, asemic writing consolidated as a movement in the 1990s. Author Peter Schwenger first covers these "asemic ancestors" before moving to current practitioners such as Michael Jacobson, Rosaire Appel, and Christopher Skinner, exploring how asemic writing has evolved and gained importance in the contemporary era. Asemic includes intriguing revelations about the relation of asemic writing to Chinese characters, the possibility of asemic writing in nature, and explanations of how we can read without language. Written in a lively style, this book will engage scholars of contemporary art and literary theory, as well as anyone interested in what writing was and what it is now in the process of becoming.

Contents:

What asemic writing is, and why

Three asemic ancestors

Traces

Three for today

Reading asemic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schwenger, Peter, 1942- author. Asemic

ISBN:

9781517906962

1517906962

9781517906979

1517906970

OCLC:

1089258569