| Clark Coolidge: Poetry Reading at the Naropa Institute, 1980 |
46 min |
Poetry
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| A poetry reading by Clark Coolidge given at the Naropa Institute in Boulder Colorado, on July 2, 1980. Coolidge, was perhaps more than any other person, responsible for inspiring the entire experimental field of Language Poetry, which... |
| Close Radio One |
52 min |
Avant-Garde
Performance Art |
| A compilation of four experimental radio works, originally broadcast in November and December of 1976 as part of KPFK’s Close Radio, a weekly program which specialized in presenting conceptual and experimental art pieces by avant-garde... |
| Dakini Software by John Giorno |
14 min |
Poetry
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| Recorded at St. Marks Church in New York City on November 8, 1972, John Giorno presents a lengthy excerpt from his poem “Dakini Software.” Giorno is well known for his provocative sound and performance poetry that blends a bohemian... |
| Edward Abbey Reading at the Telluride Ideas Festival, 1986 |
121 min |
Literature
Current Events |
| Author, essayist, and environmentalist, Edward Abbey, who died in 1989, gives a talk and reads selections from his essays and books during an appearance at the Telluride Ideas Festival on August 17, 1986. Abbey is perhaps best known for... |
| Ferguson's Dictionary for Concrete Poets: The Four-Letter Words |
27 min |
Poetry
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| Internationally prominent Canadian intermedia artist Gerald Ferguson has compiled by computer a dictionary for poets who utilize words as material for composing visual (concrete) poetry. Here is his reading, recorded in Halifax, Nova... |
| Frontiers: The Poetry of Kay Boyle |
60 min |
Poetry
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| Recorded at the KPFA studios on August 25, 1986 Kay Boyle reads a selection of her poems. One of America’s most important writers of the 20th century, and a close friend of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, William Carlos Williams, and many... |
| Goal: A Text Sound Composition by Clark Coolidge |
91 min |
Sound Poetry
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| A live performance of a text sound piece by poet Clark Coolidge. The performers are John Payne, Charles Amirkhanian, and Coolidge. For this realization of the piece each performer sat in a separate studio at KPFA late one evening and... |
| Hut Harsh Mutt Marsh |
57 min |
Sound Poetry
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| A program of compositions which fall between the media of music and poetry, by Charles Amirkhanian. Includes “Radii”, “EEYvYUSS”, “Dactl Dactl Mther Mther Mther Bongg Bongg Frgid”, “Each'll”, “Sniro”, and “If In... |
| John Cage at Crown Point Press |
104 min |
Literature
Modern Art |
| A reading at Crown Point Press at the opening of John Cage's exhibit of etchings on April 18, 1982. This program includes an interview with Crown Point Press founder Kathan Brown, an excerpt from Cage's “Indeterminacy”, as well as live... |
| John Cage at the DeYoung Museum May 20, 1971 |
58 min |
Literature
Poetry |
| The San Francisco Conservatory of Music New Music Ensemble presented three evenings of music and readings by John Cage at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco on May 20, 21 and 22, 1971. Here are three readings by John Cage from that first... |
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