Peter McPhee : [Action Poetry performance video]

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5118
Partner Institution:
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Source Collection Label:
Action Poetry fonds
Sub Series:
Action Poetry fonds

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Peter McPhee : [Action Poetry performance video]
Title Source:
Transcribed from the Artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Music
Persistent URL:
https://albertaonrecord.ca/action-poetry-fonds
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
In Copyright (InC)

CREATORS

Name:
McPhee, Peter
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 skips for first few minutes and then a few times throughout, especially between 13:00 and the end.

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Duration:
00:27:18
Size:
7.99 GB
Encoding:
Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)

Dates

Date:
1994-04-27
Type:
Performance Date

LOCATION

Address:
107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Venue:
Ground Round Theatre (Banff)
Latitude:
51.1735409
Longitude:
-115.5608138
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37017993

CONTENT

Contents:
Item is a video recording of Peter McPhee's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include: 1. [Someone stepped on my saxophone] (1:15) 2. [I found Felix on Queen Street] (2:18) 3. Raspberry ripple (1:26) 4. Why the Stegasaurus is my favourite dinosaur (3:15) 5. No shirt, no shoes, no service (0:59) 6. [Canadian Space Agency job application] (0:46) 7. Burroughs in my bathroom (1:06) 8. Lost in translation (4:43) 9. Elmer (0:10) 10. [As you are only four hundred years old] (0:42) 11. [The night Cosby goes off the air] (1:38) 12. First impression of a double rainbow (1:23) 13. [We should live in an amusement park] (0:58) 14. [Leaning on the lamppost at the corner] (2:18)

NOTES

Type:
General
Note:
Performances 1 and 2 are accompanied by John Sobol on saxophone.
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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