Christian Bök

Studio 111 [Close Listening] Session, April 20, 2005

Studio 111 Conversation with Christian Bok and Penn students (39:42)

Studio 111 Reading (at Kelly Writers House)

1. Introduction by Charles Bernstein (2:49)
2. Grain Boundaries (1:11) Rough take (1:05)
3. Euclid and His Modern Rivals (9:19)
4. Umlaut Machine (11:49)
5. Mushroom Clouds (1:59)
6. Totenklage by Hugo Ball (1:57)
7. Synth Loops from The Cyborg Opera (2:27) Rough take (2:47)

Produced by Charles Bernstein

EUNOIA

1. Intro (00:25)
2. Chapter A (18:13)
3. Chapter E (15:28)
4. Chapter I (08:40)
5. Chapter O (16:43)
6. Chapter U (05:08)
7. And Sometimes (00:38)
8. Vowels (00:32)
9. Voile (01:01)
10. W (01:51)
11. Emended Excess (04:48)

Recorded on June 2, 2002 by Steve Venright, Torpor Vigil Industries.

• Complete text of Eunoia avalable at Coach House Books website
• Digital setting of Eunoia available at UBUWEB
• Order the book and CD or the reading from Coach House

From Carnivocal

• Sea Horses and Flying Fish by Hugo Ball (0:51) (from Carnivocal)
• Motorized Razors (1:05)

Recorded Live at SUNY-Buffalo, 2000

1. And Sometimes (0:32)
2. Valuvëula (1:16)
3. from Motorized Razors (2:24)
4. Ubu Hubbub (0:46)
5. Bök performs Kurt Schwitters' "Ursonate" (18:36)

Recorded Live at SUNY-Buffalo, 2001

(17:15) MP3 , RealAudio

• from "Motorized Razors" in The Cyborg Opera
• from "Mushroom Clouds" in The Cyborg Opera
• from "Chapter A" in Eunoia
• from "Chapter E" in Eunoia
• from "Chapter I" in Eunoia
• from "Chapter O" in Eunoia
• Valuvëula
• Ubu Hubbub

Segue Reading at Double Happiness, NY, May 19, 2001

Complete Recording (26:45)

1. Introduction (3:19)
2. Seepferdchen and Flugfische by Hugo Ball (1:03)
3. Totenklage by Hugo Ball (1:39)
4. from "Chapter A" in Eunoia (4:49)
5. from "Chapter E" in Eunoia (1:23)
6. from "Chapter I" in Eunoia (3:59)
7. from "Chapter O" in Eunoia (3:56)
8. from "Chapter U" in Eunoia (1:39)
9. Motorized Razors from The Cyborg Opera (1:27)
10. Mushroom Clouds from the Cyborg Opera (1:33)
11. Ubu Hubbub (1:20)

Reading as part of The Line Reading Series, December 4, 2001

Complete reading (26:38): MP3

Also of Interest:

• Segue Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club
These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2004-2006 Christian Bök. Studio 111 Conversation © 2005 Christian Bök/Charles Bernstein. Used with permission of Christian Bok. Distributed by PennSound.