CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5659
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Poetry Seminar: BP Nichol reading at SFU on July 7, 1983 part 1 of 2 #409
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Nichol, B.P.
Dates:
1944-1988
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-2024
Notes:
Roy Miki introduces bp
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:36
Size:
31.7 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:31:25
Size:
31.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1983-07-07
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
Simon Fraser University
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
A 000 Roy Miki introduces bp
023 Bp starts to read and talk about his early publications – early concrete publications. Cycles– the first - 1965
045 Reads “The historical implications of turnips
074 “The evening’s ritual”
086 “Milk” – the child in me
138 “Fishy”
149 “Cycle number twenty two” Retrospectively realized sound poem based on the typewriter grid
224 Talks about Schwitters and Hugo Ball
283 Reads from “The undiscovered country” (discarded long poem)
B 000 Talking about subjectivity and ego in poetry
037 Finding a way to objectify experience and language via the saints in book 1 of Martyrology
049 Talks about the concrete “The end of the affair” as a transformative structure and consciously working to get the “I” out
081 Sequence 8 from Scraptures (reads)
125 Sequence 7 from Scraptures
186 Sequence 4 from Scraptures (in which the Saints emerge)
256 Uncovering meaning and rhetorical speech
310 Reads poem “Before closure”
330 Talks about the Captain Poetry Poems and reads several sections
400 Ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Note:
On the J-card it's written that the date on June 7 although on the audio it's said that it's July 7
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