Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Analphabet, by Geof Huth

After Viewing Nico Vassalis' Negative Alphabet, I proceeded to view the website on which that piece is found. among the many works focused on exploring the alphabet, one of my favorites was Analphabet, by Geof Huth. This piece showed humor and was displayed in the same format you would see in a set of nursery cards that show a picture and the word that describes it under it. With this familiar format that seems to be subconsciously embedded in our heads,we immediately understand how this piece is meant to be read. It also follows the basic form of concrete poetry the the word visually appears how it reads.I like this piece because of its shear cleverness and simplicity. This is what attracts me to most works of visual poetry. This is also what repels me from most sound poetry: the work is too complex to relate to.

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