Dear All,
Below are the week’s “readings.” They are all audio files – as this week we are moving from the physical page as art object, to sound poetry, which may or may not use or deal with physical pages. The last file bridges us into performance, situationism, gesture, and “happenings,” for next week, i.e., the last file includes video and voice as persona.
I send these a bit late because I wanted not to interfere with that great discussion that has begun online. So many excellent thoughts are streaming in – keep up that conversation. Lots to talk about this Saturday for casual seminar, it seems, which at that point we will be settling into our groups and going from reading and small writing work to the working primarily on the performative events. Remember, groups will be solid by Saturday – thanks for all your input, do keep it coming, as it’s helpful to know your ideas and preferences.
There are three optional listenings here- two attached are sound pieces that I did for UbuWeb and the American Cybernetics conference (one uses Chris Mann’s “For Headphones” as found poetry, cut up by me), and the other is below – a John Cage piece that we will be listening to and working with in class. Again, these are optional.
See you tomorrow
David
Christian Bok:
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/bok/Bok-Christian_Seahorses-and-Flying-Fish.mp3
Steve McCaffrey/bpNicol (The Four Horsemen) -
http://media.sas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/bpNichol/Ear-Rational-1982/bpNichol_15_Alphabet-Game_1972.mp3
Tracie Morris on Sound Poetry
http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Morris/Close-Lstening/Morris-Tracie_09_Discussion4_WPS1_NY_5-22-05.mp3
Tracie Morris – Petro
http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Morris/Close-Lstening/Morris-Tracie_12_Petro_WPS1_NY_5-22-05.mp3
Chris Mann – PRESS UPPER RIGHT BUTTON, FAR RIGHT CORNER, THEN FEEL FREE TO PLAY
http://theuse.info/
Caroline Bergvall, About Face
http://mediamogul.seas.upenn.edu/pennsound/authors/Bergvall/Bergvall-Caroline-About-Face-2004.mp3
Finally, heading from sound to sound + video, Linh Dinh, “Late Weather”
http://lowerhalf.blogspot.com/search?q=Late+Weather
And finally finally, heading from sound and video to Situationist-inspired “derive / automatic poetry…” from Sam Truitt, Vertical Elegies
http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/truitt_sam/Truitt-Sam_01_rock.avi
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For In-Class Writing Activity, John Cage - “Writing for the Second Time Through Finnegans Wake” ( a longer audio file you can listen to ahead of time if you wish)
http://ubu.artmob.ca/sound/dial_a_poem_poets/nova/Nova-Convention_12_cage.mp3