Robin Blaser, bp Nichol, Sharon Thesen in Poetry and the sacred at SFU on July 6th, 1983 tape 1 of 2 #425

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5708
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Robin Blaser, bp Nichol, Sharon Thesen in Poetry and the sacred at SFU on July 6th, 1983 tape 1 of 2 #425
Title Source:
J-card and inventory
Title Note:
Liner notes: see the photo in material description
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Blaser, Robin
Dates:
1925-2009
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/17240199
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"
Name:
Nichol, B.P.
Dates:
1944-1988
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/76350280
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"
Notes:
bp Nichol
Name:
Thesen, Sharon
Dates:
1946-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/115694373
Role:
"Reader", "Speaker"
Name:
Vanel, Kurtis
Dates:
1936-2017
Role:
"Recordist"
Notes:
no info in any directories, he was an SFU technician, also known as 'Doug Gysemen'
Name:
Miki, Roy
Dates:
1942-
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/94949252
Role:
"Speaker"
Notes:
He does the introduction part

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
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:
T01:41:35
Size:
62.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:38:10
Size:
40.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files

Dates

Date:
1983-07-06
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card

LOCATION

Address:
8888 University Dr, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Venue:
SFU
Latitude:
49.2767
Longitude:
-122.9178
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/102254132
Notes:
The location is mentioned in inventory

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments One 002 Introduction to the topic by Roy Miki 049 The Sacred: “The disappearance of the sacred is tied to the birth of its necessity…”; Miki quotes relevant lines from H.D. and Gertrude Stein 065 God died in the 19th century, but only that God dies who is removed from his creation 080 The 20th century obsessive drive to de-sacrilize the World, relegate ritual to a “dead” past history… 110 Sharon Thesen talks about the deanimation and reanimation of the World 120 The epigraph of Thesen’s prepared statement on Poetry and the sacred: “Big Science… Hallelujah!” – Laurie Anderson 130 Issues of the sacred in these final years of the 20th century 138 “To what extent is poetry, then, the repository of the sacred in our time?” 157 “…the sacred is involved when poetry enacts or experiences limitation…”; both poetry and the language of religion express the limits of our understanding of our own experience. 184 “…the sacred inhabits the realm of what we call meaning and language is a trespass into this realm.” 204 “There is no form in scientific ideology… only method and results! Poetry’s procedures mirror… the language of our apprehension of all creation… the interpenetration of flesh and spirit, one –and many, word and love, the feminine source of both.” 223 Poetry has to contend with the minute scrutiny of science, Thesen feels that it will 240 Bp Nichol talks about the effects of the sacred and of faith on his own poetry 442 Side one ends Two 003 Robin Blaser introduces his approach to the topic: an anthology of writing on the sacred 018 The “God is dead” argument; Blaser reads second chapter of first book of Thus Spake Zarathustra 060 The deconstruction of the Western tradition of humanism, and the peculiarities of the reconstruction; Blaser reads a passage from Faucault 082 The etymology of the word “sacred” 089 All men and women respond to a cosmology, it is the job of poetry to build this cosmos. The structuralist movement was mistaken in trying to separate poetry from myth, and in continuing the battle between science and poetry 114 Reads from Philip Rieff’s Triumph of the Therapeutic 134 Reads a passage by Octavio Paz, on contemporary Marxist thought 198 Discusses and reads from Rene Girard’s book Violence and the Sacred (sacrifice is necessary to “hold down” and hide human violence) 316 Side two ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

NOTES

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