Porter, Bern, 1911-2004
Biographical / Historical
b. 1911; physicist & methodology specialist
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
A Macro Essay after He Said "I've Left" / Porter, Bern., 1979
Ear Magazine East: 10th Anniversary Special Issue. No.1-2 / Cage J ; Anderson B ; Gibson J ; Porter B ; Friedman K ; LaBarbara J ; Frank P ; Knowles A ; Gordon C ; Adorno O ; Paik NJ ; Hayman R ; Curtay JP ; Johnson T ; Gerlovina R ; Tragtenberg L ; McCaffery S ; MacLow J ; Gerlovin V ; Neuhaus M., 1983
This issue presents a world-wide survey of avant garde music scores with documentation by the composers that forms a logical sequel to Cage's book "Notations" Something Else Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Hold On To Your Hat: Interviews with Bern Porter, 2012
I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and -ART (SCIART), 1971
Dick Higgins, in his introduction, describes Porter as a "one-man art and technology movement...a brilliantly inventive but uncrackable Maine hickory nut." This book relates to the period when Porter left for Australia and supposedly sums up all his knowledge as a physicist, poet, publisher, sculptor, illustrator, and humorist. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Metamorphosis 1 / Fallon, Tom; Porter B., 1981 - 1982
Metamorphosis 2 / Fallon, Tom; Porter B; Pound E; Stein G., 1981 - 1982
Score. No.8 / Jurgen O. Olbrich ; Bern Porter ; DiMichele B ; Groh K ; Higgins D ; Colombo JR ; Perkins S ; Dunn L ; Melnicove M ; Beckett T ; Grumman B., 1987
This issue deals with found poetry and includes contributions from other poets and writers on this genre beside Porter and Olbrich. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.