Abigail Child



photo © 2008 Abigail Child

Selected Films 1986-2006 [under construction]

PennSound is pleased to present four of filmmaker-poet Abigail Child's films, including one new film from 2006 and three films from her award-winning series Is This What You Were Born For? Please follow the link to Child's PennSound films page for streaming flash versions of these films and please visit Child's website for more information on rentals and purchases for higher fidelity viewing.

Close Listening: Readings and conversations at WPS1.Org Clocktower Studio, New York, May 30, 2007

Part One (Complete Reading) (27:07): MP3
Part Two (A conversation with Charles Bernstein) (28:52): MP3

Singles
1. Subject Motion, part 1, from From Solids (Roof Books) (3:02): MP3
2. From Solids, excerpts (2:17): MP3
3. Lust, from A Motive for Mayhem (Potes and Poets)  (5:03): MP3
4. Turn of Events (6:19): MP3
5. Litmus, from Post Industrials (Primary Writing 10/98) (3:32): MP3
6. Perennials (4:10): MP3

Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
© 2007 Abigail Child and Charles Bernstein
Studio Engineer: Lucy Simanjuntakl

Also on PennSound:

PhillyTalks, Episode Sixteen, April 13, 2000
1. Lust (4:32): MP3
2. Intoxication (10:35): MP3
3. Perennials (3:32): MP3
4. Will It Hurt To Be a Drone? Live Feed Two (7:49): MP3
The text of this program is available as PDF here.

Segue Series reading at The Ear Inn, New York, June 15, 1985
Complete Reading (27:40): MP3

Segue Series reading at The Ear Inn, New York, February 22, 1992
Complete Reading (34:47): MP3

Segue Series reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York, March 20, 2004: MP3

Segue Series reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York, October 22, 2005: MP3

Segue Series reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, March 1, 2008 (36:33): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial
and educational use only. © 2007 Abigail Child. Used with permission of Abigail Child. Distributed by PennSound.