Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in the Netherlands) first became known worldwide for his performances of sound poetry. He has performed and taught on all continents.
From his sound poetry scores he gradually developed an independent body of visual work.
This new product of Jaap Blonk's abundant phantasy is a book of 81 colourful and playful drawings, adding new dimensions to writing. Myriads of little beings populate each page. As in the artist's 2019 book "111 Recipes" they are distant descendants of Blonk's earlier phonetic signs.
From the introduction by Canadian writer, artist and scholar Derek Beaulieu: "Each possible garden is a harvest of sound and image, of script and performance, which asks the reader to be open to a new menu."
One element here is the depiction of a struggle between restriction and freedom as a reminder of the recent lockdown periods: in each drawing some of the tiny beings are boxed, while many others roam freely.
Sometimes the images look like scientific illustrations from an unknown world, depicting
mysterious interactions and behaviors. But always there is poetry in these protozoa as they squirm and swim though a microscopic linguistic field, ebbing and flowing, gathering and fracturing – a constant dance of interplay and restriction.
This edition fits the history of Post-Asemic Press beautifully, as a publisher of novel ways of writing. Asemic: no semantic meaning in the word sense, abstract, but with a rich and lively musical expression. Small wonder with Jaap Blonk's background as a world-renowned sound artist.
Braaxtaal –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Braaxtaal
$15 USD
New Start –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk’s Retirement Overdue
$20 USD
First Meetings –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Fred Lonberg-Holm and Michael Zerang
$15 USD
North of Blanco –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Sandy Ewen, Damon Smith, Chris Cogburn & Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
The MunichSoundStudies Vol. 2&3 –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Udo Schindler, Damon Smith and Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Antonin Artaud's To Have Done With the Judgment of God –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Wassermann, Blonk & Vorfeld –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Ute Wassermann, Jaap Blonk and Michael Vorfeld
$15 USD
Songs of Little Sleep –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk
$12 USD
Majaap –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Maja Ratkje & Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Lakefront Discussions –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk & Udo Schindler
$15 USD
Keynote Dialogues –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Irrelevant Comments –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk
$12 USD
Hübsch, Van Bebber & Blonk –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Claus van Bebber & Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Hillside Talks –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Udo Schindler & Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
dworr buun –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Braaxtal
$15 USD
Consensus –
Double Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk's Splinks
$15 USD
Blonk, Zach & Grydeland –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Ingar Zach & Ivar Grydeland
$15 USD
Off Shore –
Limited Edition Double Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Bart van der Putten and Paul Pallesen
$20 USD
Blonk, Mallozzi & Vandermark –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Ken Vandermark
$15 USD
Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson & Michael Zerang
$15 USD
Averschuw – Limited Edition Compact Disc
$12 USD
At the Hideout –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Frank Rosaly
$10 USD
Asemic Dialogues –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Tomomi Adachi & Jaap Blonk
$12 USD
111 Recipes
$25 USD
JeJaWeDa: Pioneer Works Vol. 1 –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Weasel Walter & Damon Smith
$15 USD
Frank Rosaly’s ¡Todos de Pie! –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Frank Rosaly’s ¡Todos de Pie!
$15 USD
August Ananke –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk
$15 USD
Lifespans – Limited Edition Compact Disc
$15 USD
Deep Fried –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk & Machinefabriek
$12 USD
Speechlos –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Braaxtaal
$15 USD
Splinks –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk's Splinks
$10 USD
Rune Kitchen –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Jaap Blonk, Damon Smith & Ra Kalam Bob Moses
$15 USD