Expanded Language

Ovisms invents words; asemic writing keeps the gesture of writing and lets go of meaning. How much can language lose and still be read?

OVISMS

SC-2015-012015

Ovismen

poetry collection · Nederlandse Academie voor 'Patafysica and OVO Publications (publishers)

SC-2015-01

Date: 2015June 2015
Kind: poetry collection
Medium: book, 99 ovisms with image translations and a map
Place: Nederlandse Academie voor 'Patafysica and OVO Publications (publishers)
Source: Den Haag Centraal, 5 June 2015 (Tommy van Avermaete); the book
Status: confirmed

Ovismen

Ovismen, 2015

Ovismen, spread II

Ovismen, map and table of languages

Ninety-nine ovisms in an imaginary language. Translation programs recognised 652 of its 1,134 words, spread over 54 languages. Plotted on a map, they locate an imaginary country: Malaovia, north of the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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SC-2018-032018

Ovisms

poetry collection, concept edition

SC-2018-03

Date: 2018
Kind: poetry collection, concept edition
Medium: book, print on demand
Context: revised English edition of Ovismen (2015)
Source: the artist
Status: concept edition

Ovisms

Ovisms, cover design

A revised English edition of Ovismen. Its prologue turns to the aleatoric process and to the translation algorithm itself. The book can be printed on demand; it remained a concept edition.

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SC-2014-011361413.6.2014

Wall texts in Ovisms

text, installation · Bunker V192, Westbroekpark, The Hague

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Date: 1361413.6.2014
Kind: text, installation
Medium: wall texts
Place: Bunker V192, Westbroekpark, The Hague
Context: This must be 2019, exhibition by Topp & Dubio
Source: Villa La Repubblica (B. Pieters), 25 June 2014; chmkoome's blog, 13 June 2014
Status: confirmed

Wall texts in Ovisms

Talk about Ovisms at the opening, 13 June 2014

Wall text in Ovisms

Wall text in Ovisms, with a work by Topp & Dubio

Photos: chmkoome's blog, 13 June 2014.

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ASEMIC WRITING

Writing without an alphabet: rhythm, pressure and direction remain, the code is gone.

SC-2021-012021

Asemic drawings

drawing

SC-2021-01

Date: 2021
Kind: drawing
Medium: East Indian ink on heavy watercolour paper (Arches) and on stone paper
Duration / size: 64.5 × 48, 77 × 57, 61 × 46 and 71 × 51 cm
Source: the artist
Status: own record

Asemic drawings

Asemic drawing, 2021, 64.5 × 48 cm

Asemic drawing, 2021, 77 × 57 cm

Asemic drawing, 2021, 61 × 46 cm

Asemic drawing, 2021, 71 × 51 cm, stone paper

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SC-2020-056620-216206-21.6.2020

Asemic Arts Expo

group exhibition · Brolo, Mogliano Veneto, Italy

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Date: 6620-216206-21.6.2020
Kind: group exhibition
Medium: asemic works on paper, A5
Place: Brolo, Mogliano Veneto, Italy
Context: curated by Ricky Brett; organised by a group of art lovers in the area of Venice and Treviso
Source: Asemic Arts Expo, exhibition page
Status: confirmed

Asemic Arts Expo

Asemic Arts Expo, 2020

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian, cover

Works selected from A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian, a visual essay of asemic works in A5.

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SC-2020-041212012.1.2020

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian

artist's book · Asemic New Babylon (publisher)

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Date: 1212012.1.2020
Kind: artist's book
Medium: paperback, black and white, 76 pages
Duration / size: 14.8 × 21 cm
Place: Asemic New Babylon (publisher)
Context: ISBN 978-0-244-24875-8
Source: The New Post-Literate (M. Jacobson), 26 January 2020
Status: confirmed

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian, cover

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian, back cover

A5emic Connotations and Asia in a Barbarian

A visual essay of asemic works in A5, published under the imprint of Asemic New Babylon, the online community I started. Works from the book were shown at Asemic Arts Expo (2020).

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SC-2016-031471614.7.2016

Asemic New Babylon

exhibition · Victor Laurentius Gallery, New Babylon, unit 5, Koningin Julianaplein 125, The Hague

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Date: 1471614.7.2016
Kind: exhibition
Medium: 11 works on paper
Duration / size: A3
Place: Victor Laurentius Gallery, New Babylon, unit 5, Koningin Julianaplein 125, The Hague
Source: exhibition poster
Status: confirmed

Asemic New Babylon

Asemic New Babylon, poster, 2016

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