I think haptic is a beauty of a word, and sounds less clinical,
Stephen. I find the word "asemic" sort of oily, if I may say so.
Yours is the better of the two, for certain.
Something irresistible in the whole idea of working apart from
language and its pretty steady symbolism (wanted or unwanted).
Thanks. Sheila
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, Sheila, "asemic" also seems quite applicable as a description of this process of making marks.
> I suspect I say "haptic" partly because I like the sound of the word - it's got some 'jump' to it; it can hop all over the page. Provokes people to ask. Etc.
>
> haptic, haptic
>
> Stephen
> http://stephenvincent.net
>
> --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 2:19 PM
>
> If I may offer a point of consideration:
>
> Haptics appear to be in confluence with asemic writing.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing
>
> There are a number of wonderful practitioners of this art.
>
> I make this suggestion NOT to clobber Stephen's miracles with a label.
> Rather, to provide additional context. Haptics do not need further
> context, but such context might be rewarding.
>
> Sheila
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>> Kasper - Yes, here is my 'Artist Note' for my new drawing show,
> Haptics, here in San Francisco:
>>
>> A Note on Making Haptics:
>>
>> The notion of 'haptic space' is not based purely on touch alone,
> nor on the duality between toucher and touched. It is "an orientation to
> sensuality as such that includes all senses" (Iris Marion Young).
>> - Mark Paterson
>>
>> Until recently most of my creative life has been devoted to poetry. Some
> ask what is the connection between making haptics and making poems. I was not
> sure how to answer that question until a longtime friend and poet, Beverly
> Dahlen, pointed out that she could identify a connection between my handwriting
> and the haptic work. I was not sure at first, but now I think the haptics are
> one way of writing poetry without words. Ultimately, a way of creating a
> visual score for this world.
>>
>> Stephen Vincent
>> January 2009
>>
>> Hope that is helpful.
>>
>> Stephen V
>> http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>> Currently Home of "Haptics: Obama's First 100 Days"
>> (Actually 'Haptics' & Commentary)
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 1/26/09, kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> From: kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject:
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 1:13 PM
>>
>> what is this "haptics" I keep hearing about?
>>
>> KS
>>
>> 2009/1/26 Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>> "The First 100 Days of President Obama" is a new, current
>> project on my
>>> blog, including haptics & commentary, etc. The texts vary, but
> here is
>> the
>>> start of yesterday's text - from "Obama: Day Five" to
> give a
>> brief clue of
>>> some the range of interests:
>>>
>>> This afternoon I went to a poets' panel at the San Francisco
> Museum of
>> Art
>>> (Joinery: Poems on the occasion of Martin Puryear)
>>> . Subject: Martin Puryear, an African-American sculptor who works
>>> primarily in wood. (Go to the SFMOMA website, among others to see
>>> photographic samples of the work). The poets included:David
>>> Levi-Strauss (moderator & poet & critic), and poets, Norma
>>> Cole, Aaron Shurin, Susan Thackery, and Michael Palmer. All of whom
>>> spoke well about interpreting the work, some from the point of view of
> the
>>> ways in
>>> Puryear's practice of 'joinery' mirrored various aspects
> of
>> the ways in
>>> which their own poetry - in terms of collage, and/or the translation
>>> process of working or joining English to another language. Others
> spoke
>>> directly to the psychological experience of responding and
>>> incorporating the work in the process of both looking...
>>>
>>> To continue go to: http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
>>>
>>>
>>> Stephen Vincent
>>>
>>> By the way, if you are visiting or living in San Francisco, my show,
>>> "Haptics" just opened at the Braunstein-Quay Gallery, 430
>> Clemintina Street,
>>> SF - 3 blocks South of Market, between 5th and 6th. Samples of the
> work
>>> are through out the blog, as well as on the Braunstein-Quay webstite.
>>> http://www.braunsteinquay.com/archive/access_vincent2008.html
>>>
>>
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