Asemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing. Semantics is the study of meaning in communication The word derives from Greek σημαντικός ( semantikos) "significant" from The word asemic means “having no specific semantic content”.
Illegible, invented, or primal scripts (cave paintings, doodles, children’s drawings, etc. A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way Cave paintings are Paintings on Cave walls and ceilings and the term is used especially for those dating to Prehistoric times A doodle is a type of sketch an unfocused Drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied ) 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. A postliterate society is a society wherein Multimedia technology has advanced to the point where Literacy, the ability to read written words is no longer necessary
Some asemic writing has pictograms or ideograms, which suggest a meaning through their shape. A pictogram ( also spelled pictogramme) or pictograph is a Symbol representing a Concept, object, activity place or event An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek idea "idea" + grafo "to write" is a Graphic symbol that represents an Idea Other forms are shapeless and exist as pure conception within the garden of imagination and experience.
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, often calligraphic in form, and either depends on a reader’s sense and knowledge of writing systems for it to make sense, or it can be understood through aesthetic intuition. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Calligraphy (from Greek kallos "beauty" + graphẽ "writing" is the art of writing (Mediavilla 1996 17
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. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard
See also
- 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. A Book from the Sky is the name given to an Art exhibition created by Chinese artist Xu Bing (born 1955 Brion Gysin ( January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a painter, Writer, Sound poet, and Performance Christian Dotremont, ( 12 December, 1922 - 20 August, 1979) was a Belgian painter and poet who was born in Tervuren, Belgium The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by the Italian architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months from 1976 to 1978 Experimental literature refers to written works - often Novels or Magazines - that place great emphasis on Innovations regarding technique and Henri Michaux ( May 24, 1899 - October 18, 1984) was a highly idiosyncratic Belgian Poet, Writer and painter Lettrism is a French Avant-garde movement established in Paris in the mid-1940s by Romanian immigrant Isidore Isou. A postliterate society is a society wherein Multimedia technology has advanced to the point where Literacy, the ability to read written words is no longer necessary Visual poetry, is Poetry or Art in which the visual arrangement of text images and symbols is important in conveying the intended effect of the work The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated Book written in an indecipherable text Barbarian Interior Books, 2006. ISBN:1-4116-6208-3 [1]
- Tim Gaze, Writing. xPress(ed), 2004. ISBN: 951-9198-86-5
External links
- Asemic magazine
- Adventures in Nonism: Asemic art
- [http://avance.randomflux.info/
- The New Postliterate
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