Asemic writing

Abstract

Asemic writing is an art form that combines visual and poetic elements to create new textual and visual structures. The genre has been developed independently by many artists, drawing inspiration from the avant-garde, Dadaism, Lettrism, concrete poetry, and calligraphy. It challenges the traditional understanding of writing as a carrier of meaning, rejecting culturally established symbols such as letters and numbers. Instead, artists create unique systems of signs and gestures that are specific to a given work and individual. This art form is independent of content, emphasizing the role of the creative process, expression, and the materiality of writing. Asemic works embrace randomness, errors, and unique features of handwriting. Asemic writing is constantly growing as a genre. It continues to explore new forms of expression, ways of interacting with the recipient, and emotional development. Asemic writing experiments with form and content, crossing cultural and linguistic boundaries.