Reading by The Four Horsemen
Nov 21, 1977
Description:
The Four Horsemen—Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, and bp Nichol—performed a selection of sound poems in the Grand Luxe Hall as part of Western Front’s weekly Monday Night Reading Series.In addition to their collaborative poems, the set also included solo work by Four Horsemen members: Nichol read from his Martyrology series; Dutton performed a piece titled “Time”; and McCaffery closed the evening with his Jacques Derrida-inspired work “Of Grammatology.”
Curated by Vincent Trasov.
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Captions:
- Reading by The Four Horsemen, video documentation, part 1, Nov 21, 1977. 8 min. 58 sec.
- Reading by The Four Horsemen, video documentation, part 2, Nov 21, 1977.59 min. 27 sec.
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