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bpNichol, 1944-1988

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 September 30 - 1988 September 25

Parallel Names

  • Nichol, BP

Nationality

Candian

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Canadian Small Change Association (CSCA): 4 from Trans-Continental. No.2/May / bp Nichol., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34902-36614
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a cancelled 'P" of a railway sign and an added stencilled 'B' above it signifying bp Nichol. The image is identical to curry's card in this series, "Smith Falls Indexical." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Capilano Review, The: Sound Poetry. No.31 / Richard Truhlar, Steven Smith, editors ; Nichol bp ; McCaffery S ; curry jw ; Schafer RM ; bissett b ; UU D ; smith s ; Dean M ; Truhlar R ; O'Huigin S ; Owen Sound ; Schnebel D ; Dutton P ; Shikatani G ; bissett b ; Kearns L ; Rosenblatt J ; Birney E., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-16716-17071
Scope and Contents

Includes group photograph of artists assembled for the 11th International Festival of Sound Poetry in Toronto, 1978. The record is selections of Canadian sound poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Concrete and Sound Poetry 1950-1970 / Cobbing, Bob; Fahlstrom O; Gomringer E; Nichol bp; Hanson S; Dufrene F; Wolman G; Brau JL; Chopin H; Gysin B; DeVree P; Heidsieck B; Johnson BE., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-17665-18033
Scope and Contents

Cobbing describes the history of contemporary sound poetry and the techniques utilized by the poets. He concludes "The very diversity of sound poetry is in line with its emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the withering of external authority, on man as a communal and social animal, on communication as a life-giving activity, things which in this bureaucratic and techncratic age we need constantly to remember. This is Cobbing's essay for the ground-breaking exhibition, "klankteksten ? konkrete poezie visuele tesksten - sound texts ? concrete poetry visual texts - akustiche texte ? konkrete poesie visuelle texte." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Concrete Sound Poetry 1950-1970 / Cobbing, Bob; Fahlstrom O; Gomringer E; Nichol bp; Hanson S; Dufrene F; Wolman G; Brau JL; Chopin H; Gysin B; DeVree P; Heidsieck B; Johnson BE., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-17666-18034
Scope and Contents

Cobbing describes the history of contemporary sound poetry and the techniques utilized by the poets. He concludes "The very diversity of sound poetry is in line with its emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the withering of external authority, on man as a communal and social animal, on communication as a life-giving activity, things which in this bureaucratic and techncratic age we need constantly to remember." This is Cobbing's manuscript essay for the ground-breaking exhibition, "klankteksten ? konkrete poezie visuele tesksten - sound texts ? concrete poetry visual texts - akustiche texte ? konkrete poesie visuelle texte." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Poetry into Music / Cobbing, Bob ; Nichol bp., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-17531-17897
Scope and Contents

Two copies have an isbn number on the front cover but one copy does not. The back cover of one copy with the isbn number has a different image than the other copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

The bpNichol Tribute / bp Nichol; L Tostevin; P Webb; B Dedora; F Wah; D McFadden; G Shikatani; M Ondaatje; P Dutton; S McCaffery; R Barreto-Rivera; Four Horsemen., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-05605-5712
Scope and Contents

This recording constitutes a memorial service to bp Nichol from writings chosen and read by his friends on Toronto's Harbourfront, December 2, 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

The bpNichol Tribute / bp Nichol; L Tostevin; P Webb; B Dedora; F Wah; D McFadden; G Shikatani; M Ondaatje; P Dutton; S McCaffery; R Barreto-Rivera; Four Horsemen., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-05605-5712
Scope and Contents

This recording constitutes a memorial service to bp Nichol from writings chosen and read by his friends on Toronto's Harbourfront, December 2, 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989