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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":["Action Poetry : Spaz [Sean Zitello], Deanna Ferguson, and Judy Radul"],"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","Ferguson, Deanna","Radul, Judy"],"creator_names_search":["Zitello, Sean","Ferguson, Deanna","Radul, Judy"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"name\":\"Zitello, Sean\",\"dates\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Performer\"]},{\"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\":\"\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"\",\"recording_type\":\"\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T03:00:00\",\"physical_condition\":\"\",\"track_configuration\":\"\",\"material_designation\":\"DAT\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"\",\"other_physical_description\":\"\"}]"],"material_designations":["DAT"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"\",\"channel_field\":\"\",\"sample_rate\":\"\",\"duration\":\"\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"\",\"bitrate\":\"\",\"encoding\":\"\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1994-04-14\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"Address":["107, Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada"],"City":["Banff, Alberta"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"\"}]"],"_version_":1853670552409997318,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:56.900Z","score":4.525175},{"id":"5088","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":["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. 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_":1853670552510660608,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.006Z","score":4.525175},{"id":"6538","cataloger_name":["Linara,Kolosov"],"partnerInstitution":["Simon Fraser University"],"collection_source_collection":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"source_collection_label":["Gerry Gilbert Fonds"],"collection_contributing_unit":["SFU Library"],"source_collection_uri":[""],"collection_image_url":[""],"collection_source_collection_description":["The Gerry Gilbert Fonds collects materials from Vancouver poet Gerry Gilbert. Gilbert was a multimedia artist and writer who published 19 books between 1960 and 2006. This collection contains poetry recordings of Gilbertu2019s, including a large number of tapes from u201cradiofreerainforest,u201d the radio show he hosted. radiofreerainforest [sic] aired on Vancouver co-op radio CFRO-FM Radio beginning in the spring of 1985 and ran well into the 1990s. The show consisted of interviews, readings, and discussions with local, national and international literary figures such as Maxine Gadd, Judith Copithorne, Steve McCaffery, bpNichol, and WIlliam Burroughs."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 14"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["radiofreerainforest 15, 19, 22 April 'Benefit for Nicaraguan Writers at the Western Front 14 April, 1990' Sides 1+4/5 "],"item_title_source":["item and j-card"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Documentary recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["No Copyright non commercial reuse only (NoCNC)"],"creator_names":["McGauley, Tom","Mellon, Cindy","Quijada, Alfonso","Strang, Catriona","Cull, David","Brazier, John","Enemark, Brett","Watts, Charles","Ferguson, Deanna"],"creator_names_search":["McGauley, Tom","Mellon, Cindy","Quijada, Alfonso","Strang, Catriona","Cull, David","Brazier, John","Enemark, Brett","Watts, Charles","Ferguson, 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