Clive Fencott's Creative Biblio CV

What follows is a series of lists: performances, poetry/prose publications, collaborations, audio recordings, magazines. All lists are partial and gradually being added to.

Updated 23rd August, 2011; and still in the process of ... * indicates an addition or change.

For academic publications in formal methods, virtual reality and video games, and virtual storytelling follow this link.

Publications

All my publications have been by small independant presses who more or less hand make/made books. The first was in 1975 and I have published ever since.

  • smloe, El Uel Uel U, 1975
  • Can Teen Cafe Boogie, Good Elf, 1976
  • Am I On My Feet, El Uel Uel U, 1976
  • A Diagram An Introduction, Bluff Books, 1976
  • Red Text-Sounds, in Gronc Intermediate Series, no. 3, 1976, *online here
  • The Spiral Door Stop, Pirate Press, 1977
  • *ARALDLT DAPID, El Uel Uel U, ?1977?
  • Yodeling Up The Canyon, Writers Forum, 1977 (2nd Edition 1981)
  • The Legends of Jack O'Kent, Gronc Press, Toronto, 1978
  • The Autobiographies of Dick Turpin, Lobby Press, 1979
  • edge the: a poem for Croydon, Bluff Books, 1979
  • His Dexter Daylight Utterly Darkened, microfiche edition, El Uel Uel U, 1980
  • chasing/the dragon/in clouds, Writers Forum, 1981
  • *Robotomy, Writers Forum, 1981
  • Non Hysteron Proteron, Underwhich Editions, 1984
  • Balmy Daze, El Uel Uel U, 1984
  • *Surface, Writers Forum, 1984
  • Boatshow, Writers Forum, 1985
  • At last! the big grips get to two, Change at the top, 1985
  • Elizabeth Stour: Visions of the Discrete State, Poetec, 1995, online here
  • Three poems from the mid 1990s:
  • Opal Coast Tours, started around 2005, online here
    Only works in Internet Explorer I'm afraid.
    • *Saltburn to Skinningrove, added at Saltburn, September 2011.
    • Diving the Dimi, added at Marske/Redcar, April 2011.
  • Gritty Reality, Poetec, online here, 2010
  • Becoming a Servant to the Stars, in Ava Gardner: Touches of Venus, Entasis Press, 2010, online here
  • Pakari: the cave of refuge, Poetec, 2011, online here
  • Paradiddle Rox 36, Poetec, 2011, online here
  • *Cargo Cult, Poetec, 2011, online here

Collaborations

The following are collaborations with other poets and artists; mostly also intended for performance:

  • with Cris Cheek:
    • *Re-orderform Bestellformular Bon de commande Bestelformulier, Bluff Books/El Uel Uel U, 1976
    • Chencott and Feek 101, Bluff Books & El Uel Uel U, 1976
    • Domino Section, Bluff Books & El Uel Uel U, 1976
  • with Bob Cobbing: a whole series of booklets published on tour in various cities around the USA to coincide with performances in 1982. Each book contained both old and new material by both Bob and myself and was used as a text for performance:
    • Fencott and Cobbing in Miami, Writer's Forum
    • Cobbing and Fencott in Baltimore, Writer's Forum
    • Fencott and Cobbing in New York, Writer's Forum
    • Cobbing and Fencott in Buffalo, Writer's Forum
    • Fencott and Cobbing in Toronto, Writer's Forum
    • Clyde Duncob in Vancouver, Writer's Forum
    • Fencott and Cobbing at Bay, Writer's Forum
    • Cobbing and Fencott in San Diego, Writer's Forum
    • More listed in Performances and Recordings
  • *with computer programmer and free imporvisor saxophonist Steve Moore. Using an Apple II to generate abstract texts for performance/projection generated from words/phrases selected from a 1930s hairdressing book, 'The Manual of the Permanent Waver'. The project was documented in Doc(k)s No. 60 and Reality Studios vol 6, both 1984.
  • with Bill Griffiths:
    • The Dinosaur Park, Micro Brigade, 1992
    • Variations on The Life of Cuthbert, Amra Imprint, 1992
  • with Alan Halsey: The Flyting of Halsey and Fencott, Gorgoyle Editions, 2008
  • Paradiddle Rox:
    • with Alison Johnson: exhibited at Python Gallery, Middlesbrough, 2010
    • with Robin Fencott: Java app for web and live performance, see Colour Out of Space below

    Performances and Recordings

    Poetry is for performance as much as for reading. A number of performances were videoed and recorded. There are some studio pieces in this list as well:

    • *jgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjgjg, Balsam Flex, 1978, (Audio cassette).
      Extracts from the farewell performance at Kings College, London.
    • Blues, Roots, Legends, Shouts and Hollers, Clive Fencott, Paul Dutton, Underwhich, Starborne Productions, LP, 1980, (Vinyl). Paul has one side; I have the other.
    • La Nouvelle Revue d'art Moderne, Special 2, Rencontres Internationales de Poesie Sonore, 1980, (Audio cassette). Tracks by 14 sound poets. My track is 'three, forms of privacy, version three'.
    • *The Autobiographies of Dick Turpin, Underwich Audiographic Series No. 3, 1980, (Audio cassette).
    • Video recorded in the University of Miami TV Studios while on tour in the USA in 1982. See the Cobbing and Fencott series of collaborations above and Scrambles next in this list.
    • *Scrambles, Writer's Forum Cassette No. 2, 1982.
      Two live performances recorded at Baltimore and San Fransisco during the 1982 tour mentioned under collaborations: details and mp3s online here
    • *Oral Complex at the October Gallery, Writers Forum Cassette No.3. 1982.
    • A virtually unedited recording of a live improvised performance at the London Musicians Collective on Friday 13th May 1983. Originally released as Writer's Forum Cassette No.4.
    • Colour Out Of Space, Brighton, 12th November 2011: extract from Paradiddle Rox on YouTube

    Magazines

    There were also a number of poems published in magazines such as: Rawz, Gronc, Pod, Wordsworth, ContraFlow 5, Open Letter, Reality Studios, Doc(k)s ...

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