CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5109
Partner Institution:
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Source Collection Label:
Action Poetry fonds
Sub Series:
Action Poetry fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Jayne Cortez : [Action Poetry performance video]
Title Source:
Transcribed from the Artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
CREATORS
Name:
Cortez, Jayne
Role:
"Performer"
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Sobol, John
Role:
"Series organizer"
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
AV Type:
Video
Material Designation:
U-Matic
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Storage Capacity:
T01:00:00
Extent:
3/4 inch
Physical Condition:
Tape flickers for first 3 minutes, then sporadically afterwards throughout.
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
00:41:01
Size:
12.2 GB
Encoding:
Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)
Dates
Date:
1994-04-23
Type:
Performance Date
LOCATION
Address:
107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Venue:
Ground Round Theatre (Banff)
Latitude:
51.1735409
Longitude:
-115.5608138
CONTENT
Contents:
Item is a video recording of Jayne Cortez' performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:
1. I got the blues (1:31)
2. Into this time (3:30)
3. So what (0:45)
4. [I am New York City] (1:50)
5. [If the drum is a woman] (1:28)
6. [In Brazil] (2:46)
7. [Me and my people] (2:13)
8. [And what about the poetry of Nicolás Guillén] (3:34)
9. Rape (1:59)
10. [Don’t write another word] (0:26)
11. She got, he got (5:06)
12. [These New York City pigeons] (1:59)
13. Cultural operations ’92 (2:34)
14. [Everybody wants to be somebody] (1:10)
15. [Hey, be cheerful] (1:20)
16. Everywhere drums (5:17)
NOTES
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.
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