Two plays by Serge Gavronsky (1968, 25 min.): "A Gentleman's Friend" and "A Play"
Other films by Kuenstler:
Our Trip to India, 1970, 6 minutes
Vignette with Scratches, 1970, 6 minutes
Mrs. Aristotle, 1970, mixed media, 40 minutes
Bolero, 1970, 15 minutes
A Pure Film, 1974, 17 minutes
Did Ulysses Bend the Bow?, 1974, 40 minutes (video)
Poetry Readings
Reading from IN WHICH, published by Cairn Edition, 1984, New York
Complete Reading (22:57): MP3
Reading of "THE CAR0LS AND THE SIMILES #1," New York City, April 1973
An unpublished manuscript by same title exists in at least one version in the Frank Kuenstler Archive; no other part has been located.
First line of poem is given in quotes when poem is read without title.
- Alba Agon (0:23) : MP3
- The Bessie Smith Story (0:40) : MP3
- "The kitty ate its ..." (0:18) : MP3
- Confusions (0:14) : MP3
- Poem Written on Grape Paper (0:44) : MP3
- The GBS Story (0:26) : MP3
- "Possibly the most prolific. . ." (0:24) : MP3
- Poem Etre (0:56) : MP3
- "Windmills, zippers..." (0:07) : MP3
- Poem for the Warsaw Ghetto (0:32) : MP3
- "As green as money..." (0:56) : MP3
- "Into the throat of ..." (0:20) : MP3
- Jenny, Jenny (0:55) : MP3
- Examination (0:53) : MP3
- "What did the grasshopper..." (0:37) : MP3
- The Right Man in the Wrong Place (After James Joyce) (0:17) : MP3
- Opus Posthumous (0:44) : MP3
- On the Circus and the Marketplace (0:06) : MP3
- Song of the Horn (0:13) : MP3
- Line (0:06) : MP3
- Poem (0:09) : MP3
- Styles (0:31) : MP3
- Song (0:27) : MP3
- Paragraph by Aristotle (0:09) : MP3
- Pie (0:37) : MP3
- Anthologies (0:06) : MP3
- Song (0:30) : MP3
- Song (0:10) : MP3
- Wandering (1:05) : MP3
- Poem: Mother Gobbligook (0:14) : MP3
- Verbs (0:07) : MP3
- Poem (0:26) : MP3
- St. Marks in the Bowery (1:22) : MP3
- Two: The Gambit Book of Children (0:21) : MP3
- Hat (0:30) : MP3
- Two (0:12) : MP3
- "The kola beat is..." (0:32) : MP3
- "From him to her..." (0:14) : MP3
- The Good Photographer (0:11) : MP3
- A Little Poem for Emily (0:13) : MP3
- "Be it ever so bumble..." (0:05) : MP3
- Make Believe Rag (0:10) : MP3
- The Carols and the Similes: Children's Song (0:56) [Kuenstler reads title, poss. for insertion at beg. of recording] : MP3
- Song (0:04) : MP3
- "Shake it, break it..." (0:30) : MP3
- Dear (0:13) : MP3
- Syllogism (0:07) : MP3
- Dear Eurydice (0:06) : MP3
- Family Court (0:40) : MP3
- At the Center of Night Tom McKay, (0:43) : MP3
- The Pat Ozinfant Song (0:42) : MP3
- "Quote tonight tonight..." (0:05) : MP3
- Complete Reading (27:45): MP3
Note: Title transcriptions phonetic, and may contain unintended homonyms.
Related Resources:
Kuenstler's Lens is available in its entirety at Eclipse.
Charles Bernstein on Kuenstler at his EPC page.
John Yau on Kuenstler at Hyperallergic.
From L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E 13 (1981): AND FOR ANYTHING THAT I COULD CALL MY OWN THINKING: pdf
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