Issue 2.2 - June 2011

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» Illuminated Script: 30 Years of Visual Poetry & Intermedia

Sound Illumination (2011), Andrew Topel

welcome to issue 2.2 of SCRIPTjr.nl.

2011 marks my tenth anniversary of involvement with visual poetry so this special edition is a great way to celebrate. i remember my first encounter with visual poetry/sound illumination -- i was stunned, confused, fascinated, intrigued & inspired. it is my hope that current practitioners of this hybrid form of art as well as future generations may also be inspired. consider this issue an entry point into visual poetry and its allied hybrids -- minimalist poetry, calligraphy, book art, mathematical poetry; under a wider label, "sound illumination" -- from which you will hopefully never exit. may this work also serve to enrich cultures around the world & create a spirit of communication, collaboration & learning of & from one another.

Andrew Topel
Guest Editor

Andrew Topel is the publisher of avantacular press, which specializes in visual poetry. His own work, some of which is featured below, explores the possibilities of shape and language and has been featured in John M. Bennett's Lost and Found Times, gestalten, and various other web and print publications.

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§ Introduction

Sound Illumination / Karl Kempton
"A visual poem may be defined simply as a poem composed or designed to be consciously seen."

§ (Vis)poets & Media

Fernando Aguiar
Lisbon, Portugual