Here are some of my asemic experiments. I often use asemic writing as a way in to abstracts works. I create a mysterious script that transcends semantics. It is like a complex future language, a child’s first attempts at writing, an ancient script or an undecipherable code.
Asemic works place the viewer somewhere between reading and looking. The viewer becomes a co-creator in the sense that they decide how to translate and explore the scripts.
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Asemic Experiments
At the beginning of one of my large abstract works, I ‘write’ over the canvas field with viscous paint that will dry to form a textured, slightly raised layer. I then work over and around it with many different mediums until the piece reaches a state of completion.
Abstract-asemic piece: Interior with Blue – 153x121cm. Mixed Media on canvas
Hi Sarah, This looks like really interesting work, but I can’t connect to the page. Has something gone wrong with the link? Jenny x
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 8:26 PM Sarah J Featherstone wrote:
> sarahjfeatherstone posted: “Here are a series of images from my asemic > writing experiments. I have often used mysterious, unknown alphabets and > unreadable glyphs as portals into a work. Now I am allowing them be the > work. The viewer becomes a co-creator in the sense that they decid” >
Hi Jenny. Sorry for the delay in posting it. I just wanted to add a few more things as I’m still researching xx
Great to see your method of working x