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Three Flash Videos

PennSound is pleased to present newly streaming versions of three videos by Tan Lin: "Eleven Minute Painting," a video installation in director, "Dub Version," a long-form study in ambience, and "Disco Eats Itself (Broken Disco Parameter)," a two panel installation with text from BlipSoak01 (Atelos, 2003). See Tan Lin's video page here.


Close Listening -- readings and conversations at WPS1.Org Clocktower Studio, New York, May 23, 2005

Tan Lin in Conversation with Charles Bernstein (29:09): MP3

WPSI Reading
Entire Program (29:07): MP3
Singles from 7 Controlled Vocabularies:
  1. Intro (0:22): MP3
  2. Editorial Note (1:17): MP3
  3. ¼ : 1 foot (1:16): MP3
  4. AM__ B__ FI__ CT (1:34): MP3
  5. RPT (2:24): MP3
  6. 1:1 (1:39)
  7. 1935 “The Present situation in quantum mechanics”
  8. jjj in Naturwissenschaften, 23, pp 823-828 (2:23) MP3
  9. RFID (3:41): MP3
  10. Index (2:24): MP3
  11. 51 80 (2:14): MP3
  12. From Ambient Stylistics (5:04): MP3
  13. From BlipSoak01 (2:43): Mp3

Close Listening produced by Charles Bernstein for WPS1
© 2005 Tan Lin and Charles Bernstein
Studio Engineer: Darrell McNeill

Bibliographic Sound Track, 2012

  • Produced for Artists Space in 2012. A video projection of the work was screened at Ludlow 38/Mini Goethe Institute on March 31, 2012 and at Artists Space on July 24, 2012.

    PPT recording, (39:56):

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The Ph.D Sound, 2012

  • Produced for Artists Space in 2012. A video projection of the work was screened at the MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies at Ludlow 38 on March 31, 2012 and at Artists Space on July 24, 2012. With a soundtrack by dj Mosco.

    PPT recording, (15.28):

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Reading for the Segue Series at the Bowery Poetry Club, April 9, 2011

  • complete reading (35:42): MP3

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PoemTalk Podcast #35, discussing Bruce Andrews' "Center," August 24, 2010

Listen to the complete recording and read program notes for the episode at Jacket2.

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, April 11, 2009

  1. introduction (6:31): MP3
  2. Diary/Blog (4:59): MP3
  3. The Heath Text (4:17): MP3
  4. Seven Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004. The Joy of Cooking (9:06): MP3
  5. untitled ambient novel (19:15): MP3
  • complete reading (46:51): MP3

Appearance on Ceptuetics Radio, September 24, 2008

Reading with Kareem Estefan from HEATH (PLAGIARISM/OUTSOURCE), NOTES TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CULTURE, UNTITLED HEATH LEDGER PROJECT, A HISTORY OF THE SEARCH ENGINE, DISCO OS
Complete Recording (29:14): MP3

Reading as part of the Line Reading Series, May 14, 2002

Complete Reading (6:42): MP3

Segue Series Reading at Ear Inn, December 9, 1995

  1. introduction (1:29): MP3
  2. 26 Fairy Tales (1:12): MP3
  3. For Those Accustomed to Beauty it was Blazoned with Reflectors (3:50): MP3
  4. The Son of Ethers in a Victorian Layer Cake (3:02): MP3
  5. Nine Novel Solutions to a Wedding Designed to the Nines (7:51): MP3
  6. A Poem About Nature (1:38): MP3
  7. Broken Sonnets (1:58): MP3
  8. Pulp Fiction vs. Documentary (8:55): MP3
  9. Scarf Poem (1:34): MP3
  • complete reading (32:57): MP3

Also on PennSound:

  1. Discussion on Pseudonymy/Pseudography with Kent Johnson, Bob Perelman, and Tan Lin hosted by  Joshua Schuster, Kelly Writers House, April 23, 1999. (1:52:31): MP3
  2. Tan Lin reads at the launch of Charles Bernstein's All the Whiskey in Heaven, March 28, 2010

Tan Lin on PennSound Daily

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. Used with permission of Tan Lin. Distributed by PennSound.