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Artstamp editions by Janet Passehl, 2012–2017

In thinking about creating Artstamps, I first thought about postal stamps on letters flying through the sky above continents and oceans – envelopes bearing business papers, contracts, demands, requests, advertising or personal news.  While a piece of mail commonly uses language as a system constructed by human beings to convey information, an agreed upon means to an end, the Artstamp riding on its back can be a tiny missive from the more flexible and nuanced world of the poet-artist. Each of my Artstamps opens a small space that is larger than sky, because it is the space of possibility and imagination.

To create the stamps, I photographed fragments of my printed poems, pulling words, space and punctuation away from context. Children is extracted from the poem Brahmakamal, which was published in the journal Caliban Issue #7, p. 24. The entire poem can be seen at http://www.calibanonline.com/07/index.html

The other Artstamp texts are from poems in progress.

Artstamp  editions by Janet Passehl from 2012 and 2017. Combining fragments of her own poetry, the stamps reflect a conceptual practice focused on language, visual rhythm, and meaning beyond context.

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