Main entry:

Goldsmith, Kenneth.

Title & Author:

Curator's talk : the UbuWeb Archive : Thursday night feature = Causerie avec le commissaire : le dépôt d'archives UbuWeb : soirée du jeudi, 2010 January.

Description:

2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. master

Notes:
Title from CCA web site.
CCA event no.: 124142.
Content of original Mini-DVs reformatted onto 2 DVDs in 2011.
No sound on disc 1 until ca. 1.5 min.
Lecture.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speaker: Kenneth Goldsmith.
Presentation in English; introductory remarks in English and French.

Summary:

Recordings where the UbuWeb founder Kenneth Goldsmith presents the Internet's largest repository of avant-garde art and poetry, and how it has changed since its founding in 1996. The presentation begins with the screening of Happy Birthday to John, a 1972 film by Jonas Mekas. Introductory remarks by Shannon Harvey. The event is part of the "Soirées du jeudi"/"Thursday Night Features" series held in conjunction with the exhibition "Entracte"/"Intermissions", on view at the CCA from Nov. 25, 2009-Feb. 28, 2010

Subject:

Lennon, John, 1940-1980.
UbuWeb.
Happy birthday to John.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)

Form/genre:

Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Lectures.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videocassettes.
Videotapes.
Mini-DV.
Optical disks.
DVDs.
Streaming video.

Added entries:

Harvey, Shannon.
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.
Soirées du jeudi (Lecture and film series) (2009-2010 : Centre canadien d'architecture)

UbuWeb Archive
Dépôt d'archives UbuWeb
Causerie avec le commissaire

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 306293
Call No.: 306293
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273695
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 197231)
Copy: disc 1
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273696
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 197231)
Copy: disc 2
Notes: DVD consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 265764
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 197231)
Copy: tape 1
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 265765
Call No.: Box 30 (BIB 197231)
Copy: tape 2
Notes: Mini-DV
Status: Available