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Alain-Martin Richard at Ultimatum Festival 1985-05-03
The following is a transcription of the Alain-Martin Richard set at Ultimatum, Friday, May 3rd, 1985 at the Foufounes Électriques bar and performance space in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Richard is a multidisciplinary artist, editor and critic from Quebec, Canada, active since the late 70s, touring and presenting at festivals and events across North America, Europe and Japan. Previously, he was a member of the defunct international collective The Nomads and of INTER/Le Lieu from Quebec City. More recently, he has been involved with the collective Les Causes Perdues and Folie/Culture, having co-created the poetic game, "Lʹatopie textutelle est une cause qui se perd". He co-edited Performance in/au Canada 1970-1990 with Clive Robertson, the book Territoires Nomades and various catalogues and publications on art and performance. His experimental practice questions the social and the everyday, postmodernism, space and identity.
Annotations
00:00 - 00:06
Audio Description
Room noise [chatter and music].
Foufounes Electriques
00:00 - 00:00
Alan Lord Commentary
From Quebec City, performance poet Alain Martin Richard is a former member of the collectives Inter/Le Lieu and The Nomads, and has presented his work throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Biographical Context
00:06 - 00:07
Audio Description
Cuts out, silence.
Recording
00:07 - 00:09
Audio Description
Speaks [unintelligible].
Alain-Martin Richard
00:09 - 00:11
Audio Description
OK.
Alain-Martin Richard
00:11 - 00:13
Audio Description
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
00:13 - 00:25
Audio Description
Bon, il s’agit d’un texte qui est un texte charnel, traite par ordinateur. A la partition, vois imprimante toast melba et popsicle.
Alain-Martin Richard
00:25 - 00:41
Audio Description
Room noise.
Foufounes Electriques
00:41 - 00:49
Audio Description
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
00:49 - 00:59
Audio Description
Percussion [underscores Recorded Sound].
Music
00:50 - 00:50
Alan Lord Commentary
For this performance he was accompanied by sound tapes.
Event Description
00:59 - 01:08
Audio Description
Vocalizations and overlapping speech continue [percussion underscore drops out].
Recorded Sound
01:08 - 01:16
Audio Description
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, distorted speech, smashing sound effect].
Music
01:16 - 01:24
Audio Description
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
01:24 - 01:33
Audio Description
Electronic mix resumes.
Music
01:33 - 01:34
Audio Description
Click.
Recorded Sound
01:34 - 01:38
Audio Description
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
01:38 - 03:09
Audio Description
Performs piece, speaks, drones, and pants [underscored by vocalizations, overlapping speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
03:09 - 03:25
Audio Description
Distorted speech and vocalizations.
Recorded Sound
03:25 - 03:32
Audio Description
Electronic mix [synth melody, electric drums, screaming sound effect, distorted speech].
Music
03:32 - 03:36
Audio Description
Vocalizations and overlapping speech.
Recorded Sound
03:36 - 04:49
Audio Description
Continues piece.
Alain-Martin Richard
04:49 - 04:55
Audio Description
Electronic mix.
Music
04:55 - 04:56
Audio Description
Vocalizations.
Recorded Sound
04:56 - 05:38
Audio Description
Continues piece, speaks, drones, and groans [underscored by vocalizations, overlapping speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
05:38 - 05:41
Audio Description
Vocalizations and distorted speech.
Recorded Sound
05:41 - 05:48
Audio Description
Electronic mix [electric drums and chimes, and distorted speech].
Music
05:48 - 05:57
Audio Description
Vocalizations and scratching sound.
Recorded Sound
05:57 - 07:23
Audio Description
Continues piece, speaks, drones, grunts, and pants [underscored by vocalizations, scratching sound, screams, and other electronic sounds].
Alain-Martin Richard
07:23 - 07:26
Audio Description
Cuts out, silence [possible tape change].
Recording
07:26 - 07:44
Audio Description
Continues piece, growls, speaks, and vocalizes [underscored by vocalizations, distorted speech, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
07:44 - 07:55
Audio Description
Vocalizations, distorted speech, drum beat, rhythmic speech, clicking sounds, scratchy sound.
Recorded Sound
07:55 - 08:04
Audio Description
Electronic mix [organ, slurping sounds, lip smacking sounds, piano, synth, smashing sound effect].
Music
08:04 - 09:40
Audio Description
Continues piece, grunts, drones, vocalizes, pants, and giggles [underscored by vocalizations, distorted speech, slurping sounds, lip smacking sounds, and electronic mix].
Alain-Martin Richard
09:40 - 10:05
Audio Description
Applause [overlaps with scratchy sound effect].
Audience
10:05 - 10:08
Audio Description
Scratchy sound effect fades out.
Recorded Sound
10:08 - 10:10
Audio Description
Cuts out, low buzz.
Recording
10:10 - 10:10
Audio Description
[End of recording].
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