The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
bpNichol's The Martyrology is a long poem begun in 1967 and continuing until Nichol's death in 1988. It includes Books 1 & 2 (1972), Books 3 &4 (1976), Book 5 (1982), Book 6 (1987), gifts: Books 7 & (1990), and Ad Sanctos: Book 9 (1992). Ad Sanctos is a piece of music theatre written with composer Howard Gerhard.
"After bpNichol" is a composition for audio track and the robotic
instruments of the Logos Robot Orchestra. The audio track is a montage of samples of bpNichol's voice, mostly with no or little processing. The Logos Robot Orchestra is an orchestra consisting of over 40 robotic musical instruments, some of which are automated existing instruments,others are completely new inventions. A lot of this instruments have very fine expressive control, which I use in this composition, to imitate, extend and complement the voice sounds on the tape.
The following poem was recorded by bpNichol in Torino, Italy in April 1987 and was released on a cassette tape in 1990 as part of Paté de Voix 4 (an imprint of Offerta Speciale, published by Carla Bertola and Alberto Vitacchio).
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following poem comes from the 7 ¼ floppy record borders included in the box bp, published in February 1967 by Coach House Press (Toronto, Ontario). Also included in the box are Journeying & the Returns, a flip-book WILD THING, and Letters Home (14 leaves and a pamphlet in an envelope). The entirety of borders is available from Coach House Books (http://www.chbooks.com).
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
bpNichol's The Martyrology is a long poem begun in 1967 and continuing until Nichol's death in 1988. It includes Books 1 & 2 (1972), Books 3 & 4 (1976), Book 5 (1982), Book 6 Books (1992), gifts: Book(s) 7 & (1990), and As Sanctos: Book 9 (1992). The text in this volume is a facsimile, with minor corrections, of the 1990 edition of Gifts.
We believe this poem (given to us by Frank Davey) is from 1970-1975. It is very similar to what bpNichol and Steve McCaffery called a "developer" translation or "developer" poem; an example appears in Rational Geomancy (p. 38) of one by Josef Hirsal & Bohumila Grogerova which takes the word "Svoboda" and runs it through 36 lines of permutations and substitutions that convert it to the word "Freedom" by the last line.
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
Justin Stephenson did a short piece during summer 2008 that was composed entirely using code and a transcript he did of the recorded version of bpNichol's sound poem "Interrupted Nap." The idea was to somehow explore the effect of "marker bleed" in cinematic time.
The following piece was read by bpNichol during the launch in Toronto of Zygal: A Book of Mysteries and Translations (Coach House Press, 1985) on February 20th, 1986.
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
My Adventures To & Fro Down Under the Town of Plunkett: By Captain M.L. Poetry as told to his alter ego Nichol St. Nichol
A Christmas Spectac
hand-writ Christ's Mass 1968 for MAL + for JUDY
love from beep
a MINNIE-MOO-HA-HA special
Title Nights on prose mountain; some scraptures sequences.
Publication Area Toronto, Ganglia Press, 1969.
8 ½ x 11 in.; side-stapled on white paper.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
The following poem comes from the 7 ¼ floppy record borders included in the box bp, published in February 1967 by Coach House Press (Toronto, Ontario). Also included in the box are Journeying & the Returns, a flip-book WILD THING, and Letters Home (14 leaves and a pamphlet in an envelope). The entirety of borders is available from Coach House Books (http://www.chbooks.com).
The following poem comes from the 7 ¼ floppy record borders included in the box bp, published in February 1967 by Coach House Press (Toronto, Ontario). Also included in the box are Journeying & the Returns, a flip-book WILD THING, and Letters Home (14 leaves and a pamphlet in an envelope). The entirety of borders is available from Coach House Books (http://www.chbooks.com).
The following poem is a live solo performance by bpNichol. This material comes from the archives of The Four Horsemen, courtesy Paul Dutton. This piece was performed with The Four Horsemen during the 99¢ Floating Theatre Festival at the Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, on November 10th, 1978 (Day 2 of 3).
Attached are images of the program for the Vivaxis production of bpNichol's musical comedy "Group." The first is the cover, and the second is the interior with notes about the production and the list of songs. Most of the cast were professional actors who were part of the community. Mary Beth Hall was often on the CBC children's show "Mr Dressup," and John Pepper and Maggie Shaw were regulars at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Title Scraptures, tenth sequence / bpNichol.
Publication Area [Toronto : s.n., 1967?]
Poems rubber-stamped in black on tan leaves, 6 x 8 ½ in.; top leaf deckle-edged on bottom; single folded sheet cover, 6 ½ x 10 in., printed in black on yellow background.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
"Scraptures: 11th Sequence" was published as grOnk 8 in August 1967. grOnk was published monthly and was edited by bpNichol, David Aylward, and David W. Harris.
Title Scraptures : sequence eleven.
Publication Area [Toronto : Gronk, 1967]
8 ½ x 11 in.; side-stapled on white paper.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
Title Scraptures : third sequence / bpNichol
Publication Area Toronto, Ont. : Ganglia, 1966.
10 ½ x 14 cm.; paperbound in white, saddle-stapled; printed and illustrated in black; some light yellow pages.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
Title Scraptures : basic sequences / bpNichol.
Publication Area Toronto [Ont.] : Massassauga Editions, c1973.
11 ½ x 14 ½ cm.; interior pages saddle-stapled on white paper, bound in deep purple-red paper wrappers; printed and illustrated in black.
Cover by bill bissett.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
Title Scraptures : fourth sequence / bpNichol.
Publication Area Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Press Today Niagara, [1979?]
14 x 21 ½ cm.; paperbound in light yellow-orange; printed in black; saddle-stapled.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
Title Scraptures : second sequence / bpNichol ;
cover drawing Bill Bissett.
Publication Area Toronto [Ont.] : Ganglia, [1965]
5 ½ x 8 ½ in.; paperbound in white, saddle-stapled; printed and illustrated in black.
This scan was generously made possible by the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo.
The following poem was recorded by bpNichol in Torino, Italy in April 1987 and was released on a cassette tape in 1990 as part of Paté de Voix 4 (an imprint of Offerta Speciale, published by Carla Bertola and Alberto Vitacchio).
The following poem was recorded by bpNichol in Torino, Italy in April 1987 and was released on a cassette tape in 1990 as part of Paté de Voix 4 (an imprint of Offerta Speciale, published by Carla Bertola and Alberto Vitacchio).
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
Title The year of the frog : a study of the frog
from Scraptures : ninth sequence / bpNichol.
Publication Area Toronto [Ont.] : Ganglia Press, 1967.
5 ½ x 8 ½ in.; paperbound loose in white; printed and illustrated in black.
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
The following poem is from the split 7” single Appendix, published in 1978 by Black Moss Press (BM 101) (Windsor, Ontario); this was issued as part of Sean O’Huigin’s POE TREE: A Simple Introduction to Experimental Poetry. Recording by R. Hindley-Smith and Starborne Productions.
Twelve years in the Making! Featuring a cast of thousands! Starring the letter H & introducing Probable Systems, Negatives, & The Actual Life of Language! Your heart will pound as you see H's turn into I's before your very own. You'll thrill as words fall apart only to create other words. You'll gasp as bpNichol collaborates with the dead. You'll shake your head in disbelief as he walks the line between fact & fiction one step beyond into the twilight zone of ''pataphysics.
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