A paragraph of elastic bands and scattered twigs, a line of asemic Blu Tack curlicues.
The interpretations are changeable and infinite.
Re/Percussion presents a selection of Chris’ asemic artworks edited by Blown Rose and his family.
Chris Meade: a transmedia writer, Doctor of Nearlyology, asemic artist, dancer and improv musician, the author of the novel What Didn’t Quite, and the host of The Nearly Show documenting chemo in lockdown. In 2008 Chris founded if:book UK. He was a participant in Tino Sehgal’s These Associations and a founding member of Academy Inegales. His book The Thoughts of Betty Spital was published by Penguin Books and he won the George Orwell Prize for his play We Two Boys. Chris was a Community Arts Worker, Director of the Opening The Book Festival in Sheffield, head of Imagination Services in Birmingham Library, Director of The Poetry Society, and CEO of Booktrust. Chris died in January 2022.
Re/Percussion is published in an edition limited to 25 copies, and priced at £15. There are a very few copies left – email us to enquire about remaining stock.