{"id":3120,"date":"2018-07-06T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/michael-jacobson\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T08:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T08:41:32","slug":"michael-jacobson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/michael-jacobson\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jacobson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7945 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/giphypm-300x288.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/giphypm.gif 300w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/giphypm-1.gif 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self-Portrait of Michael Jacobsen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Michael Jacobson is a writer, artist, and independent curator from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. His books include<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ubumexico.centro.org.mx\/text\/vp\/025_Jacobson_The_Giants_Fence_2006.pdf\"> <i><span>The Giant&rsquo;s Fence<\/span><\/i><\/a><span> (Ubu Editions),<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/64372890\/Action-Figures-by-Michael-Jacobson\"> <i><span>Action Figures<\/span><\/i><\/a><span> (Avance Publishing),<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mynderaser.blogspot.com\/\"> <i><span>Mynd Eraser<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/xtEQR2v9f28\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><i><span>The Paranoia Machine<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>, &nbsp;and his latest collected writings <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/postasemicpress.blogspot.com\/2017\/04\/works-interviews-by-michael-jacobson-is.html\"><i><span>Works &amp; Interviews<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>; he is also co-editor of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uitgeverij.cc\/publications\/an-anthology-of-asemic-handwriting\/\"><i><span>An Anthology Of Asemic Handwriting<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>(Uitgeverij). Besides writing books, he curates a gallery for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asemic_writing\"><span>asemic writing<\/span><\/a><span> called<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thenewpostliterate.blogspot.com\/\"> <i><span>The New Post-Literate<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>, and sits on the editorial board of<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/scriptjr.nl\/\"> <i><span>SCRIPTjr.nl<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><span> Recently, he was published in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/lastvispoanthology\/\"><i><span>The Last Vispo Anthology<\/span><\/i><\/a><span> (Fantagraphics), and curated the Minnesota Center for Book Arts exhibit: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnbookarts.org\/asemic\/\"><i><span>Asemic Writing: Offline &amp; In The Gallery<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>. In 2013 he was interviewed by<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/samplekanon.com\/?p=1946\"><i><span> SampleKanon<\/span><\/i><\/a><span> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asymptotejournal.com\/article.php?cat=Visual&amp;id=24\"><i><span>Asymptote Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>, and in 2016 by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/dalanbinder\/blog\/0664-236post-authorinterviewwithmichaeljacobsonbydavidalanbinder\"><span>David Alan Binder<\/span><\/a><span> . Currently, he created cover art for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raintaxi.com\/\"><i><span>Rain Taxi<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>&rsquo;s 2014 winter issue, and as of 2017 he has become a publisher at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/postasemicpress.blogspot.com\/\"><span>Post-Asemic Press<\/span><\/a><span>. In his spare time, he is working on designing a cyberspace planet dubbed <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thatplanet.blogspot.com\/\"><span>THAT<\/span><\/a><span>. His Ello studio can be found here: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ello.co\/asemicwriter\"><span>@asemicwriter<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>The book mentioned in the interview that is currently reading is<i> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voynich_manuscript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Voynich Manuscript<\/a>, <\/i>author unknown. He speculates the author to be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Annio_da_Viterbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annius of Viterbo<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7944\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ghostmooncalligraphy.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghost Moon Calligraphy by MK JCBSN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7948\" src=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FireBreathingActionFigure-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FireBreathingActionFigure.jpg 600w, http:\/\/thebirthofeverything.com\/authorsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/FireBreathingActionFigure-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire Breathing Action Figure: An Asemic Graffiti Hieroglyph Poem by MK JCBSN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-Portrait of Michael Jacobsen Michael Jacobson is a writer, artist, and independent curator from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. His books include The Giant&rsquo;s Fence (Ubu Editions), Action Figures (Avance Publishing), Mynd Eraser, &nbsp;The Paranoia Machine, &nbsp;and his latest collected writings Works &amp; Interviews; he is also co-editor of An Anthology Of Asemic Handwriting (Uitgeverij). Besides writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-interview","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3130,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}