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Possessive used as drink (me) : a lecture on pronouns in the form of 15 sonnets

Title
Possessive used as drink (me) : a lecture on pronouns in the form of 15 sonnets / written and performed by Anne Carson.
Publication
2006.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Carson, Anne, 1950-
  • Wilcox, Sadie
  • Rowden, Stephanie
  • Mitchell, Rashaun
  • Cunningham, Julie Dawn
  • Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975-
  • Currie, Robert, 1937-
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Found In
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Description
1 streaming video file (25 min) : sound, color
Summary
Carson writes, "I had to compose a lecture on pronouns for a conference at Harvard and this was the result. I wrote a sonnet sequence, which Stephanie Rowden recorded and made interesting. Then three Merce Cunningham dancers improvised choreography in response to the sonnets. Sadie Wilcox videotaped everything they did and edited it to fit (or not) the sound score." Taken from http://playgallery.org/video/recipe/, accessed on 3/2/2015
Alternative Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Lecture-demonstrations.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Poetry.
Note
  • Title, credits and summary taken from http://playgallery.org/video/recipe/, accessed on 3/2/2015.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Video by Sadie Wilcox; soundscore by Stephanie Rowden; choreography by Rashaun Mitchell, Julie Cunningham and Andrea Weber; with additional contributions by Robert Currie.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Source (note)
  • Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Contents
Triple sonnet of the plush pony, pt. 1 (2 min.) -- Triple sonnet of the plush pony, pt. 2 (1 min.) -- Triple sonnet of the plush pony, pt. 3 (1 min.) -- Sonnet isolate (2 min.) -- Recipe (30 sec.) -- Sonnet of addressing Getrude Stein (30 sec.) -- Sonnet of addressing God (1 min.) -- Merce sonnet (3 min.) -- Sonnet of addressing Oscar Wilde (1 min.) -- Deictic quiz sonnet (2 min.) -- Drop't sonnet (2 min.) -- Sonnet of the pronoun event (1 min.) -- Sonnet of exemplary sentences from the chapter pertaining to the nature of pronouns in Émile Benveniste's "Problems in General Linguistics," Paris 1966 (2 min.) -- Reticent sonnet (1 min.) -- Sonnet of we tried doing it without the cue sheet but couldn't remember what color referred to what movement and what had been done and what was left to do (1 min.) -- Sonnet of the English-made cabinet with drawers (3 min.) -- Crowning sonnet: fashioned from the foregoing 14 sonnets by chance operations (1 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 3729
OCLC
904257218
Title
Possessive used as drink (me) : a lecture on pronouns in the form of 15 sonnets / written and performed by Anne Carson.
Production
2006.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Performed by members of Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Rashaun Mitchell, Julie Cunningham and Andrea Weber.
Credits
Video by Sadie Wilcox; soundscore by Stephanie Rowden; choreography by Rashaun Mitchell, Julie Cunningham and Andrea Weber; with additional contributions by Robert Currie.
Event
Recorded November 2006 location unknown.
System Details
Streaming video.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videodisc (DVD-R).
Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Source
Gift; Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, 2011-2012.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Carson, Anne, 1950- author.
Carson, Anne, 1950- speaker.
Wilcox, Sadie, videographer.
Rowden, Stephanie, composer.
Mitchell, Rashaun, dancer.
Cunningham, Julie Dawn, dancer.
Weber, Andrea Michelle, 1975- dancer.
Currie, Robert, 1937- contributor.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, dancer.
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation donor.
Added Title
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Moving image materials.
Found In:
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 3729
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