CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5087
Partner Institution:
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Source Collection Title:
Action Poetry fonds
Source Collection ID:
ACP
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).
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Spaz (Sean Zitello) : [Action Poetry performance video]
Title Source:
Transcribed from the Artifact
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
In Copyright (InC)
CREATORS
Name:
Zitello, Sean
CONTRIBUTORS
Name:
Sobol, John
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
AV Type:
Video
Material Designation:
U-Matic
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Storage Capacity:
T01:00:00
Extent:
3/4 inch
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Duration:
01:00:00
Size:
17.5 GB
Encoding:
Apple ProRes (preservation) and H.264 (access)
Dates
Date:
1994-04-14
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 Sean Zitello's performances at Action Poetry ’94. Performances include:
1. Ode to Jessie (4:35)
2. For Fred (1:31)
3. [Ideas Scratch] (3:22)
4. [Yet another killer] (1:16)
5. [The foibles of former strangers…] (2:14)
6. [Pissing on the Blarney Stone] (2:00)
7. Poem grenades over Poland (6:54)
8. Ralphie’s dilemma (1:44)
9. [In dreams I have no…] (2:33)
10. [This rumpled heart…] (1:22)
11. Small town (2:16)
12. [Chatter chip chompers] (0:45)
13. [Hello there old wooden friend] (0:46)
14. Excerpts from a conversation in western Idaho (3:50)
15. [Follow me deep inside a story…] (6:38)
16. [Let’s get a little psychological] (0.50)
17. [That little person inside your head] (2:20)
18. After Hours Joint (1:25)
19. Tissue (4:50)
20. Edgy (1:44)
21. Where do the mountains live? (1:37)
NOTES
Type:
General
Note:
Some poems are accompanied by music from Flex Plan Nine
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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