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24 September 2004. Excerpt from a Taxonomical Essay on Visio-Textual Art, Part 8
As for the arresting work below, with the H in the bottom left corner, which is also by curry, it is
also a textagraph--unless the larger elements spell, or come close to spelling, some
word I haven't yet found there. A reader might protest that it has plenty of words, so it
ought to be called a visual poem. I also see the words in it, but consider them suggestive
of textuality or language rather than words to be read for what they individually say. They
are a picture of language rather than language itself. But if a reader could persuasively
demonstrate their fusion with the work's visual appearance, and how they interact with it
not as words-in-general but as specific words, then I would agree that the piece is a visual
poem. Whatever it is, I might add, it is among my favorite pieces all-time from Industrial
Sabotage, and I like a lot of pieces from Industrial Sabotage!
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