Introduction Schedule of Events About Robert Kelly Participants


SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10

1:30 p.m.

Readings by Former and Current Students
Presented by Terence Boylan ’70
Olin Auditorium

3:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Olin Atrium
3:30 p.m.

Readings by Bard Poetry Faculty
Presented by William Weaver
Olin Auditorium

5:00 p.m. Reception
Olin Atrium
6:30 p.m.

Film and Performances
Presented by John Pruitt
Olin Auditorium

  • Introduction and presentation
    by Leon Botstein, President of Bard College
  • "Une Bouche au milieu des choses"
    Songs from Robert Kelly’s Not This Island Music, composed and performed by Nicole Peyrafitte, translated into French by Charlotte Mandell ’90
  • Portrait of Robert Kelly (1967)
    from Fifteen Song Traits (1967–86) by Stan Brakhage
  • "Sudden Ekphrasis!"
    Performance from the works of Robert Kelly by participants in The Integrated Arts
  • Major Conference, Fall 2001,
    directed by Bob Holman and Jeffrey Sichel