Video Documentation of Live Performances
Performance, of course, cannot be 'documented', since the performance itself is the situation itself in which one exists in the moment as it passes. The space in which performance acts is experience, not spectacle. Videos, photos, etc. are relics whose relationship to the event is no more direct or comprehensive than the scraps of broken props picked up from the floor in its wake. The visual traces of the moment are no more or less integral to that experience than the temperature in the room, or the communal awarenesses that unite or divide those present, or what an individual has eaten prior to attending. They should be looked at as fragmented traces of a situation unknowable except in the fleeting moment of its actuality, from which one can creatively speculate on what the experience might possibly have been.
A large proportion of my performance work is therefore 'documented' only in oral tradition and communal memory; from 2009 until 2016 this is especially the case as I did not have access to a video camera. Much of this video has been recorded by audience members given an entirely free hand to record not the organised spectacle of the 'piece', but their subjective experience of the situation. Aesthetics are in many cases not a concern, much less standards of 'professionalism' which largely serve only to perpetuate the illusion that the performative moment is somehow recoverable as such.
That said, these selected relics are listed in reverse order, the most recent coming first. Details can be found under the 'Record of Activity' tab.
2022
2021
Text & Noise Poetry. Performed Profanity Poem, "Mishalp", "Cremental Gobble", & improvised solo noise poem. On bill with Emotron Andy the Doorbum, & Llywellyx. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Sept. 18, 2021.
Text & Noise Poetry. Performed "Dirge for a Warbling Vireo", Albert-Birot's "Song 3" (1917), "Or Doct, or Sirhughes", "Conveyor of Musk", & improvised solo noise poem. On bill with Walter Wright, Okapi, & Goat Tube. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 7, 2021.
2020
Text & Noise Poetry. Performed "a Runk Gide", "No-Boy on Vacation", Freytag-Loringhoven's "Heart" (1920), improvised solo noise poem, & improvised collaboration with Seligmann, Hutchings, & others. On bill with Niccolo Seligmann, Kyle Hutchings, & Mr. Thursday. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Feb. 29, 2020.
Text & Noise Poetry. Improvised collaboration with Minimal Disturbance (Jack Wright & Ron Stabinsky), incorporating poems "t ,Rip" and "@ Coeur't". On bill with Mongoose Van (W. Fry & Cambria Storms) & Mark Perry. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Jan. 17, 2020.
2019
OLDEB. Improvised electronic noise/poetry collaboration with Tater Fraterabo. On bill with Artist Jackie & Philosophy Inc. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 17, 2019.
Sound & Noise Poetry. Improvised collaboration with Jack Wright & solo set of sound poems and noise improvisation. On bill with Slack and Jasper Avery. Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. July 28, 2019.
Your Throat is a Noise Machine: The History and Practice of Noise Poetry. 90-minute presentation on the history of Sound- and Noise-Poetry, 1830-1970 and discussion/demonstration of vocal technique. Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. July 28, 2019.
Art Rat All Stars. Participated in mass-improvisation at AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 6, 2019.
Sound & Noise Poetry. Performed 'S.tandards O.f L.earning' & 15-minute improvised Noise Poem. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 6, 2019.
Text & Noise Poetry. Performed "a Runk Gide", "No-Boy on Vacation", Freytag-Loringhoven's "Heart" (1920), improvised solo noise poem, & improvised collaboration with Seligmann, Hutchings, & others. On bill with Niccolo Seligmann, Kyle Hutchings, & Mr. Thursday. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Feb. 29, 2020.
Text & Noise Poetry. Improvised collaboration with Minimal Disturbance (Jack Wright & Ron Stabinsky), incorporating poems "t ,Rip" and "@ Coeur't". On bill with Mongoose Van (W. Fry & Cambria Storms) & Mark Perry. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Jan. 17, 2020.
2019
OLDEB. Improvised electronic noise/poetry collaboration with Tater Fraterabo. On bill with Artist Jackie & Philosophy Inc. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 17, 2019.
Sound & Noise Poetry. Improvised collaboration with Jack Wright & solo set of sound poems and noise improvisation. On bill with Slack and Jasper Avery. Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. July 28, 2019.
Your Throat is a Noise Machine: The History and Practice of Noise Poetry. 90-minute presentation on the history of Sound- and Noise-Poetry, 1830-1970 and discussion/demonstration of vocal technique. Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. July 28, 2019.
Art Rat All Stars. Participated in mass-improvisation at AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 6, 2019.
Sound & Noise Poetry. Performed 'S.tandards O.f L.earning' & 15-minute improvised Noise Poem. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 6, 2019.
The Ursonate. The Ursonate. Full hour-long sound poem by K. Schwitters. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 5, 2019.
A Social History of the Avant-Garde, 1830 – 1900. 90-minute lecture. AfterMAF Festival, Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 4, 2019.
Post-NeoAbsurdist Antics. w/ W. Fry & W. Katastrof. Performed Simultaneous poems, PNA Anti-Choir, and two sketches. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 5, 2019.
Neural Necrosis. Performed with Andrew Matthews, Tater Fraterabo, Ralph Eaton, & others in improvised harsh-noise set. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 5, 2019.
Post-NeoAbsurdist Antics. w/ W. Fry & W. Katastrof. Performed Simultaneous poems, and sound poems written spontaneously by audience. AfterMAF Anti-Fest. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 4, 2019.
Noise Poetry. Performed 14-minute set of improvised noise-poetry on set with the King of Herrings, Mr. Thursday and Throwaway. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. June 11, 2019.
Sound Poetry. Performed 14-minute set guided by aleatoric process; on set w/ Inspector 34 & The Llyeylyn Expedition. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Jan. 20, 2019.
2018
Sound Poetry. Performed 20-minute set including the Screaming Chicken sketch, 'Bit', 'Mishalp', Vowel-Strings from the Gnostic Gospels (Zostrianos and Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth), and 15-minute improvised noise-poem; on set w/ Soporus, Honeybrandy, & Graven Image. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Nov. 3, 2018.
Sound Poetry. Improvised noise-poem w/ glass-bottle counterpoint on set w/ Obody & Dover and the Elevators. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 29, 2018.
Avant-Occultism in the 19th Century: Part 2. 120-minute lecture. AfterMAF Festival, Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 19, 2018.
Neural Necrosis. with Andrew Matthews, Tater Fraterabo, Wilheim Katastrof, & others in improvised harsh-noise set. AfterMAF 2018. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 14, 2018.
Witchtig. Text by David Beris Edwards, Performed by Lindsann at AfterMAF 2018. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 14, 2018.
Sound Poetry. Performed improvised noise-poem focused on labial, dental, and pallatal sounds & techniques from beatbox & eefing. On set with Human Host, The Llylewyn Experience, & the Art Rat All-Stars. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. Feb. 23, 2018.
2017
S.tandards O.f L.earning. performed on programme with with Decide Today (Cincinnati) & five regional sets. Aug. 13, 2017.
The Pre-History of Sound Poetry. 90-minute lecture & reading of texts written between 1500 and 1916. AfterMAF Festival, Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 6, 2017.
Stool Sample. Group performance at AfterMAF Festival, Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 8, 2017.
Dance-Sound Poetry Improvisation. Collaboration w/ Cambria McMillan-Zopf. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. May 21, 2017.
2015
AfterMAF Day 1. 30 min. set of sound poetry. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. July 10, 2015.
Camaraderie & Poetics of the Bouzingo. 75 min. lecture & reading of poems by the avant-garde of the early 1830s. @ AfterMAF, July 10, 2015.
Camaraderie & Poetry in the Bouzingo from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Mr. Goggleface, Bit, & Other Poems. 30 min. set of sound poetry on bill with Divine Circles, Aerial Ruin, & W. Fry. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. June 11, 2015.
Olchar Lindsann @ Art Rat Studios, June 11 2015 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2014
Found Texts. Liminal Reading Series, Community High School, Roanoke, VA. Feb., 2014.
2013
Nox. Liminal Reading Series, Community High School, Roanoke, VA. Oct., 2013.
2012
REMATCH: Classicism v. Romanticism. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA. Dec. 7, 2012.
A Secret History of the 19th Century: The Story of the Early Avant-Gardes. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA. Dec. 2, 2012.
2012 Decentralized Networkers' Congress. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA, Nov. 2-4, 2012.
2011
Orchestral Music in Avant-Garde Romanticism. w/Chris Lennard & Terri Lennard. Star City Shadow School, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 27, 2011. (1 hour of 3-hour presentation)
SCSS Event: Orchestral Music of Avant-Garde Romanticism from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Offering for Eurydice, July 2011 at Mill Mountain Theater, Roanoke VA.
Olchar Lindsann, Offering for Eurydice from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Balloon Sketch, March 2011 at Mill mountain Theater, Roanoke, VA.
Olchar Lindsann, Balloon Sketch from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Potato (by David Beris Edwards). Co-directed and performed w/W.Fry @ Fluxmazz, March 2011 in the Labyrinth Arts Space, Roanoke, VA.
2010
From Poetic Declamation to Performance Poetry: Voicing Poetry Through the 19th Century. Lecture/Demonstration at 3rd Annual Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, VA. Feb. 14, 2010.
Performance Poetry Through the 19th Century - Olchar Lindsann from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2009
Encyclopedia Salesman Sketch, w/W. Fry @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2009.
Post-Neo Comedy Sketch @ The Oromancer 5/24/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Chair Jousting, w/W. Fry @ The Dirty Dirty, New York, NY, March 2009.
Warren Fry and Olchar Lindsann Chair Jousting @ the Dirty Dirty from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Prayer for the Poison-Child, @ the Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009, Roanoke, VA. Compare to earlier version performed in the UK, below.
Lindsann's Prayer For The Poison-Child @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act I (part 1 of 2), w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT I part 1 02/20/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Part 2:
UbU Enchained ACT I part 2 2/20/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act II, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT II 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act III, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews (Lindsann co-devised and in audio recording) @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT III 2/21/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act IV, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT IV 2/21/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act V, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT V 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2008
White Giant Leper of the Countryside (by Tristan Tzara), reconstructed performance in Nov. 2008 @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ.
Olchar Lindsann performing Tristan Tzara's 'White Giant Leper of the Countryside' from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Orpheus, written by & performed w/Alan Reed (Montreal) @ the International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Orpheus from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Beowulf, performed in simultaneous Modern and Old English w/Warren Fry, with planned and spontaneous interventions from guests of the Post-NeoAbsurdist Anti-Festival, The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2008
Charnel Chapel, written by Lindsann, performed by Lindsann, B. Chriss & W. Fry @ International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Charnel Chapel - Lindsann, Chriss, Fry - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Untitled Collaboration with UK electroacoustic musician Nick Hallam @ International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008.
Nick Hallam and Olchar Lindsann - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Plane (by Richard Huelsenbeck), performance reconstructed by comparing several drafts of original score (1916-22) with various descriptions of Huelsenbeck's performances of the piece. As performed at the International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ.
'Plane' - Lindsann - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2007
Untitled Puppet Play at Anti-Soiree #3, w/W.Fry & T. Butkovic in New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 2007.
LAR, w/Jim Leftwich. Video poem released in KUH[n] DCD journal, 2007, [Pro]-[Anti] Press.
2006
Segment of The Itinerant Mirror #4, w/D.B. Edwards, N. Waldbaum, O.Ascanio-Reale, & K. Wynne/Davies @ King Ludd, Exeter, UK, May 2006.
from The Itinerant Mirror 4 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Itinerent Mirror Cabaret I. Co-Organizer & performer w/K. Wynne and N. Waldbaum in commemoration of 90th Anniversary of Cabaret Voltaire; performed 25 pieces including work by H. Silva and Etc. King Ludd, Exeter, U.K. Feb. 5, 2006.
Itinerant Mirror #1 (part 1 of 2) from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Itinerant Mirror #1 (part 2 of 2) from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2005
Prayer for the Poison Child, at Dartington College of Arts, Nov. 2005.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Simultaneous Lecture & Antics @ World Premier of Lindsann adaptation of Ubu Roi. With W. Fry & B. Chriss at U.S. premier of Lindsann’s Ubu Roi. Cara Bar, Columbus, OH. Dec. 29, 2005.
Ubu Roi Premier-Columbus, OH Dec 2005 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2004
Anti-Art Revival. Uninvited manifestos. High St. + 2nd Ave., Columbus, OH. Sept. 4, 2004.
Camaraderie & Poetry in the Bouzingo from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Mr. Goggleface, Bit, & Other Poems. 30 min. set of sound poetry on bill with Divine Circles, Aerial Ruin, & W. Fry. Art Rat Studios, Roanoke, VA. June 11, 2015.
Olchar Lindsann @ Art Rat Studios, June 11 2015 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2014
Found Texts. Liminal Reading Series, Community High School, Roanoke, VA. Feb., 2014.
2013
Nox. Liminal Reading Series, Community High School, Roanoke, VA. Oct., 2013.
2012
REMATCH: Classicism v. Romanticism. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA. Dec. 7, 2012.
A Secret History of the 19th Century: The Story of the Early Avant-Gardes. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA. Dec. 2, 2012.
2012 Decentralized Networkers' Congress. Liminal Gallery, Roanoke, VA, Nov. 2-4, 2012.
2011
Orchestral Music in Avant-Garde Romanticism. w/Chris Lennard & Terri Lennard. Star City Shadow School, Roanoke, VA. Aug. 27, 2011. (1 hour of 3-hour presentation)
SCSS Event: Orchestral Music of Avant-Garde Romanticism from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Offering for Eurydice, July 2011 at Mill Mountain Theater, Roanoke VA.
Olchar Lindsann, Offering for Eurydice from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Balloon Sketch, March 2011 at Mill mountain Theater, Roanoke, VA.
Olchar Lindsann, Balloon Sketch from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Potato (by David Beris Edwards). Co-directed and performed w/W.Fry @ Fluxmazz, March 2011 in the Labyrinth Arts Space, Roanoke, VA.
2010
From Poetic Declamation to Performance Poetry: Voicing Poetry Through the 19th Century. Lecture/Demonstration at 3rd Annual Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, VA. Feb. 14, 2010.
Performance Poetry Through the 19th Century - Olchar Lindsann from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2009
Encyclopedia Salesman Sketch, w/W. Fry @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2009.
Post-Neo Comedy Sketch @ The Oromancer 5/24/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Chair Jousting, w/W. Fry @ The Dirty Dirty, New York, NY, March 2009.
Warren Fry and Olchar Lindsann Chair Jousting @ the Dirty Dirty from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Prayer for the Poison-Child, @ the Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009, Roanoke, VA. Compare to earlier version performed in the UK, below.
Lindsann's Prayer For The Poison-Child @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act I (part 1 of 2), w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT I part 1 02/20/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Part 2:
UbU Enchained ACT I part 2 2/20/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act II, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT II 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act III, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews (Lindsann co-devised and in audio recording) @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT III 2/21/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act IV, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT IV 2/21/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Ubu Roi, Act V, w/B. Chriss, M. Blafas, W.Fry, T. Butkovic, E. Damerow & J. Mathews @ Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival, Feb. 2009.
UbU Enchained ACT V 2/22/09 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2008
White Giant Leper of the Countryside (by Tristan Tzara), reconstructed performance in Nov. 2008 @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ.
Olchar Lindsann performing Tristan Tzara's 'White Giant Leper of the Countryside' from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Orpheus, written by & performed w/Alan Reed (Montreal) @ the International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Orpheus from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Beowulf, performed in simultaneous Modern and Old English w/Warren Fry, with planned and spontaneous interventions from guests of the Post-NeoAbsurdist Anti-Festival, The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2008
Charnel Chapel, written by Lindsann, performed by Lindsann, B. Chriss & W. Fry @ International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 in New Brunswick, NJ.
Charnel Chapel - Lindsann, Chriss, Fry - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Untitled Collaboration with UK electroacoustic musician Nick Hallam @ International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008.
Nick Hallam and Olchar Lindsann - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Plane (by Richard Huelsenbeck), performance reconstructed by comparing several drafts of original score (1916-22) with various descriptions of Huelsenbeck's performances of the piece. As performed at the International Post-NeoAbsurdist Festival, June 2008 @ The Oromancer, New Brunswick, NJ.
'Plane' - Lindsann - Antifest Week 3 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2007
Untitled Puppet Play at Anti-Soiree #3, w/W.Fry & T. Butkovic in New Brunswick, NJ, Oct. 2007.
LAR, w/Jim Leftwich. Video poem released in KUH[n] DCD journal, 2007, [Pro]-[Anti] Press.
2006
Segment of The Itinerant Mirror #4, w/D.B. Edwards, N. Waldbaum, O.Ascanio-Reale, & K. Wynne/Davies @ King Ludd, Exeter, UK, May 2006.
from The Itinerant Mirror 4 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Itinerent Mirror Cabaret I. Co-Organizer & performer w/K. Wynne and N. Waldbaum in commemoration of 90th Anniversary of Cabaret Voltaire; performed 25 pieces including work by H. Silva and Etc. King Ludd, Exeter, U.K. Feb. 5, 2006.
Itinerant Mirror #1 (part 1 of 2) from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
Itinerant Mirror #1 (part 2 of 2) from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2005
Prayer for the Poison Child, at Dartington College of Arts, Nov. 2005.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Simultaneous Lecture & Antics @ World Premier of Lindsann adaptation of Ubu Roi. With W. Fry & B. Chriss at U.S. premier of Lindsann’s Ubu Roi. Cara Bar, Columbus, OH. Dec. 29, 2005.
Ubu Roi Premier-Columbus, OH Dec 2005 from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
2004
Anti-Art Revival. Uninvited manifestos. High St. + 2nd Ave., Columbus, OH. Sept. 4, 2004.
Anti-Art Revival Web - Wi-Fi from PNA-Video on Vimeo.
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