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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Lori Weidenhammer : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Weidenhammer, Lori"],"creator_names_search":["Weidenhammer, Lori"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Weidenhammer, Lori\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"Performance 16 and 17 have multiple and lengthy skipping throughout.\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_036_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:41:56\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"12.4 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-27\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Lori Weidenhammer's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. [My friend Donald] (0:35)\n2. Music (0:47)\n3. [Okay, I’ve got something I’ve got to get off my chest] (3:17)\n4. [Moment of horror] (1:08)\n5. [I’m Louise – the 49 ½ foot woman] (4:21)\n6. [Cutting vegetables mime] (2:55)\n7. [Bus driver] (1:09)\n8. [The victim was female] (5:38)\n9. [There is a parasite in me] (1:54)\n10. [It’s Saturday and I’ve got some skates to sell] (3:20)\n11. [A holiday from misogyny] (2:47)\n12. [When I was a girl I baked a lot] (0:51)\n13. [There is a photograph of me when I was seven] (1:30)\n14. [I read about a man in a foreign country] (1:17)\n15. [When I was a waitress] (2:51)\n16. [Pony, we all love to pony] (1:39)\n17. [I’m beast] (2:44)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Number 2 is performed by Flex Plan Nine. The band also accompanies performances 3, 6, 8, 10 and 15.\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Isobeau Miller : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Miller, Isobeau"],"creator_names_search":["Miller, Isobeau"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Miller, Isobeau\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"Audio is tinny for first few minutes and whirring is heard on and off throughout.\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_035_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:25:55\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"7.66 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-27\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Isobeau Miller's performances at Action Poetry ’94. 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Performances include:\n1. [You wanted to kill me] (0:58)\n2. [We got booked at the National] (0:19)\n3. Deeper than Pat Benatar (0:26)\n4. [Girl I’d really like to smash your car] (0:45)\n5. [What do we even talk about] (0:41)\n6. ‘Cause you can’t tape ‘em (0:09)\n7. [A few years earlier] (1:48)\n8. [I thought I knew what we were talking about] (0:32)\n9. [We got there and I told someone to start cooking] (0:59)\n10. [Painful and in silence] (0:31)\n11. [After about an hour and a half] (0:38)\n12. [Don’t want to remember] (1:17)\n13. [I woke up Monday morning] (0:30)\n14. [In the coin operated supermarket car] (0:21)\n15. [I’m keeping my shutters shut] (0:43)\n16. [It was warm outside] (0:12)\n17. [Perhaps I can be excused] (0:45)\n18. [Derrick was pleased] (1:54)\n19. Film shoot (5:00)\n20. [Time will tell] (4:00)\n21. [I ran naked through the threshold] (2:02)\n22. Song for Tamara (3:39)\n23. Nice try, now quit (3:29)\n24. [You know when you are with me] (3:44)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performances 19 through 24 are accompanied by Flex Plan Nine and an unidentified musician.\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. The titles of any works not explicitly given by the performer in the recording were likely supplied by the archives ca. 1996, and are enclosed in square brackets.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552416288769,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:56.900Z","score":5.6865597},{"id":"5113","cataloger_name":["Andrew,Hennan"],"partnerInstitution":["Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity"],"collection_source_collection":["Action Poetry fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Action Poetry fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["Paul D. 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The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Toung [Thuong Vuong Riddick] : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Vuong-Riddick, Thuong"],"creator_names_search":["Vuong-Riddick, Thuong"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Vuong-Riddick, Thuong\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T00:20:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_032_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:20:27\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"6.03 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-26\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Thuong Vuong Riddick's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. Searching (1:13)\n2. [Black Teeth] (0:05)\n3. [My dearest, my soul] (0:12)\n4. [Vietnamese folk song] (0:53)\n5. Big Hunger (0:19)\n6. Games (0:38)\n7. Civil war (0:45)\n8. Preamble (1:03)\n9. History lesson (1:49)\n10. Preamble (0:47)\n11. [My beloved is dead in Vietnam] (1:45)\n12. Preamble (0:37)\n13. The mad uncle (1:07)\n14. [On the road to Nice] (1:19)\n15. [Springtime in Victoria] (1:07)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Pine Trio : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Lacy, Steve","Aebi, Irene","Isherwood, Nicholas"],"creator_names_search":["Lacy, Steve","Aebi, Irene","Isherwood, Nicholas"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Lacy, Steve\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Aebi, Irene\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Isherwood, Nicholas\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_031_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:54:21\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"16.2 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-25\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of performances by Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood) at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. Introduction and poem (1:53)\n2. Interpretations of a twisted pine (8:38)\n3. Watching the needle boats at San Saba (1:56)\n4. Agenda (3:15)\n5. Train going by (2:52)\n6. Dreams (4:18)\n7. The blue baboon (4:29)\n8. Naked lunch (3:07)\n9. Dead Weight (4:12)\n10. Air (4:06)\n11. The garden (3:03)\n12. [Love isn’t proud enough to hate] (2:17)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Tracie Morris : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Morris, Tracie"],"creator_names_search":["Morris, Tracie"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Morris, Tracie\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_030_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:54:08\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"16.1 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-25\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Tracie Morris’ performances at Action Poetry ’94. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Jayne Cortez : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Cortez, Jayne"],"creator_names_search":["Cortez, Jayne"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Cortez, Jayne\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"Tape flickers for first 3 minutes, then sporadically afterwards throughout.\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_028_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:41:01\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"12.2 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-23\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Jayne Cortez' performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. I got the blues (1:31)\n2. Into this time (3:30)\n3. So what (0:45)\n4. [I am New York City] (1:50)\n5. [If the drum is a woman] (1:28)\n6. [In Brazil] (2:46)\n7. [Me and my people] (2:13)\n8. [And what about the poetry of Nicolás Guillén] (3:34)\n9. Rape (1:59)\n10. [Don’t write another word] (0:26)\n11. She got, he got (5:06)\n12. [These New York City pigeons] (1:59)\n13. Cultural operations ’92 (2:34)\n14. [Everybody wants to be somebody] (1:10)\n15. [Hey, be cheerful] (1:20)\n16. Everywhere drums (5:17)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Alex Ferguson : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Ferguson, Alex"],"creator_names_search":["Ferguson, Alex"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Ferguson, Alex\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T00:20:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_027_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:19:45\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"5.71 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-23\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Alex Ferguson's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. [Foreign language] (1:14)\n2. [I’m a smoker and nobody loves me] (2:22)\n3. [The future] (2:09)\n4. [Kitty] (0:49)\n5. [Executive mantra] (2:23)\n6. [The first ruby] (2:00)\n7. [Stroke your box of pain] (1:18)\n8. [The mad ferret] (1:59)\n9. [Last night I dreamed] (0:40)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. The titles of any works not explicitly given by the performer in the recording were likely supplied by the archives ca. 1996, and are enclosed in square brackets.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552417337346,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:56.900Z","score":5.6865597},{"id":"5107","cataloger_name":["Andrew,Hennan"],"partnerInstitution":["Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity"],"collection_source_collection":["Action Poetry fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Action Poetry fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["Paul D. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Deanna Ferguson and Judy Radul : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Ferguson, Deanna","Radul, Judy"],"creator_names_search":["Ferguson, Deanna","Radul, Judy"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Ferguson, Deanna\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Radul, Judy\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"No audio for fourteen seconds between no. 12 and no. 13 (from 45.56 - 46.11).\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_006_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:56:25\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"16.2 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-14\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Deanna Ferguson and Judy Radul’s performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\nDeanna Ferguson\n1. Dizzily 93 (8:58)\n2. [So the offspring] (2:59)\n3. Crisis in my America (3:24)\n4. Perth Bless (0:28)\n5. Eye Guide (1:56)\n6. Received Standard (4:36)\n\nJudy Radul\n7. Baby you’ve caught the culture (1:20)\n8. Delicate problem (1:47)\n9. Tried to pull frightened vision to peddle and grit (9:09)\n10. [Vaguely masturbating] (1:40)\n11.[When you know you’re trivial] (1:03)\n12. [As today the mirror is piss yellow] (1:02)\n13. Crisis is my erotica (9:15)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. 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Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Spaz (Sean Zitello) : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Zitello, Sean"],"creator_names_search":["Zitello, Sean"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Zitello, Sean\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_005_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"01:00:00\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"17.5 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-14\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Sean Zitello's performances at Action Poetry ’94. 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The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Dasez Tempo : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Scott, Dasez","Tempo, Richie"],"creator_names_search":["Scott, Dasez","Tempo, Richie"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Scott, Dasez\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Tempo, Richie\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"Tape skips at 10:32, 40:41, 40:56, 48:37 and a few times between 33:53-33:58, 41:51-41:58 and 48:52-50.59.\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_012_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:50:58\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"15.0 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-16\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of performances by Dasez Tempo (consisting of Dasez Tempo and Richie D) at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. [Well well well well] (1:26)\n2. Dasez Tempo (4:26)\n3. Can I get some? (3:08)\n4. In the clutches (3:13)\n5. [Music meditation] (3:16)\n6. Kick it to the left, kick it to the right (4:02)\n7. [We are going to get mellow] (3:29)\n8. If it ain’t one thing it’s got to be another (2:13)\n9. [Tina from Texas] (3:33)\n10. Base in, chase in (0:42)\n11. Ice Oasis (5:25)\n12. Can’t nobody do you like you do yourself (2:45)\n13. Party Zone (3:16)\n14. Tempo tantrum (3:08)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. The titles of any works not explicitly given by the performer in the recording were likely supplied by the archives ca. 1996, and are enclosed in square brackets.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552514854921,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.006Z","score":5.6865597},{"id":"5092","cataloger_name":["Andrew,Hennan"],"partnerInstitution":["Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity"],"collection_source_collection":["Action Poetry fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Action Poetry fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["Fonds consists of records generated as part of Action Poetry u201894, a symposium and workshop of the spoken word, held at the Banff Centre between April 11th u2013 29th, 1994. Organized by John Sobol, Action Poetry was Intended to u201cprovide the opportunity for spoken word performers from diverse cultural and aesthetic traditions to establish a dialogue based upon a shared commitment to exploring the word in performance.u201d It included participants from a variety of backgrounds, including poets, rappers, dub poets, monologists, performance artists, street entertainers, storytellers, and stand-up comedians. The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["Paul Dutton : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Dutton, Paul"],"creator_names_search":["Dutton, Paul"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Dutton, Paul\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_011_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:43:09\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"12.7 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-16\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Paul Dutton's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. Imps rove 64 (3:26)\n2. Alpha Omega (0:44)\n3. Sugar (0:12)\n4. Smile (0:11)\n5. How to kill the noun (0:46)\n6. The eighth sea (5:12)\n7. Stereo head (4:10)\n8. Little sound 1 (0:39)\n9. Kit Talk (1:55)\n10. Score for Tony (3:02)\n11. Mercure (5:41)\n12. [Wanna] No. 10 (4:55)\n13. Hiding (5:01)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case label. The titles of any works not explicitly given by the performer in the recording were likely supplied by the archives ca. 1996, and are enclosed in square brackets.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552515903488,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.006Z","score":5.6865597},{"id":"5091","cataloger_name":["Andrew,Hennan"],"partnerInstitution":["Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity"],"collection_source_collection":["Action Poetry fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Action Poetry fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["Fonds consists of records generated as part of Action Poetry u201894, a symposium and workshop of the spoken word, held at the Banff Centre between April 11th u2013 29th, 1994. Organized by John Sobol, Action Poetry was Intended to u201cprovide the opportunity for spoken word performers from diverse cultural and aesthetic traditions to establish a dialogue based upon a shared commitment to exploring the word in performance.u201d It included participants from a variety of backgrounds, including poets, rappers, dub poets, monologists, performance artists, street entertainers, storytellers, and stand-up comedians. The Action Poetry fonds contains video and audio recordings of performances and events, proposals and planning documents, internal and external correspondence, biographical information on participants, newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, and material related to organizing the Nat Christie Poetry Day and Nat Christie Poetry Jam events. Action Poetry faculty and participants included: John Sobol, Jill Battson, Erik Belgium, Meryn Caddell, Djewel Davidson, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Alex Ferguson, Kedrick James, Clifton Joseph, Darryl Keyes, Isobeau Miller, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Tracie Morris, Dasez Tempo and Richie D, Sean Paul Zitello (SPaZ), Lori Weidenhammer, Diane Wolkstein, Sheri-D Wilson, Adeena Karasick, Wendy Berner, Terrence Crane, Greg Young-Ing, Harold Carr, Peter McPhee, Thuong Vuong Riddick, Stephen Humphrey, Tim lander, Gunargie Ou2019Sullivan, Tom Henihan, Murdoch Burnett, Lillian Allen, Jeannette Armstrong, Paul Dutton, Bob Holman, Jayne Cortez, John Giorno, Richard Armstrong, the Pine Trio (Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi and Nicholas Isherwood), Aaron Williamson, Judy Radul and Deanna Ferguson, Uma Rao, Mary Dalton, and the Action Poetry house band Flex Plan Nine (Marilyn Lerner, Harold Carr, Tim Posgate and Peter Valsamis)."],"collection_source_collection_id":["ACP"],"persistent_url":["https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds"],"item_title":["T. Crane [Terrence Crane] : [Action Poetry performance video]"],"item_title_source":["Transcribed from the Artifact"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["In Copyright (InC)"],"creator_names":["Crane, Terrence"],"creator_names_search":["Crane, Terrence"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Crane, Terrence\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]}]"],"contributors_names":["Sobol, John"],"contributors_names_search":["Sobol, John"],"contributors":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Sobol, John\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Series organizer\"]}]"],"Series_organizer_name":["Sobol, John"],"Performance_Date":[1994],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"3/4 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Video\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"U-Matic\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["U-Matic"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Video"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"ACP6_010_preservation.mov\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"00:50:01\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"14.7 GB\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-15\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993\",\"venue\":\"Ground Round Theatre (Banff)\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"51.1735409\",\"longitude\":\"-115.5608138\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"Venue":["Ground Round Theatre (Banff)"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"contents":["Item is a video recording of Terry Crane's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:\n1. [You don’t have to talk anymore] (0:38)\n2. [Ooligans are small oily fish] (0:32)\n3. My smoking harbour pistol tells no lines (1:12)\n4. [Men must stop the hell we cause women] (1:30)\n5. A letter from the critters of the planet (1:12)\n6. Love poem no. 6,846 (0:10)\n7. Love poem no. 9,829 (1:51)\n8. They sing to me fucking siren songs in the saliva rain (1:13)\n9. [Let God judge us by the length of our neckties] (0:33)\n10. Symptomatic love poems no. 87 (0:13)\n11. Love poem no. 8,246 (1:09)\n12. Kids today (0:06)\n13. Boy talk (0:13)\n14. Love poem no. 6,826 (0:32)\n15. [Sad world] (1:10)\n16. Love poem no. 1 (0:18)\n17. [I read about two dozen embryos] (0:23)\n18. Slick politics (0:37)\n19. [Shit your bullets] (1:04)\n20. [OK he say] (1:15)\n21. Dizzy come to visit (6:53)\n22. Song: New York flat top (1:17)\n23. Song: Mother Night (6:19)\n24. Song: Scream for Rodney King (1:42)\n25. Song: Come on and change, blues (4:53)"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Several performances are accompanied by Flex Plan Nine and John Sobol\",\"type\":\"General\"},{\"note\":\"Performance titles and lengths have been transcribed from the U-matic case labels. The titles of any works not explicitly given by the performer in the recording were likely supplied by the archives ca. 1996, and are enclosed in square brackets.\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552515903489,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.006Z","score":5.6865597}]