Asemic Writing/Art shouldn't be incredibly difficult to enjoy for people who appreciate the art of our prefered genres. Black and white grainy images, a xerox mess, degraded and old looking; and where else do we see art like this? I am also a fan of handwriting, calligraphy and fonts, I love the way letters look small or large, thin or bold, print, cursive, etc. The name is a bit of a deceiving because it is not just writing, it's typing, its ugly computer print outs, it's text so maybe "Asemic Text" would make more sense, but "writing" makes it feel more intellectual, I suppose. Whatever it is it's an imaginative and clever little genre, the approach and form, the methods and resourcefulness, simplicity, this is the draw. As with most styles and scenes you get
those people, those who try to put their stamp on it and probably ruin it at which point, as history has shown us, they will probably throw a "post-" in front of it as if they are proud that they killed it. Lately in the tiny world of Asemic writing that killer stamp has been graffiti, which is actually kind of silly. I can't see it being a good thing, or maybe I'm just prude. I'm sure there are a few of you who find grafitti a fine art form, and maybe it is, but I don't think it meshes well at all with this. So have a look at these examples and click the links below, return to the thread to make fun of my bad taste:
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little bit more information (emphasis on "little"):
http://asemic.net/And the online magazine, which is great if you enjoy this shit as I do:
http://asemic-magazine.blogspot.com.au/
