Analog Audio
Event Type
Spoken Word
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
P.GIO.JOH.01
Program Length
14 min
Dates
| broadcast
| 1972-11-08 | created
Description
Recorded at St. Marks Church in New York City on November 8, 1972, John Giorno presents a lengthy excerpt from his poem “Dakini Software.” Giorno is well known for his provocative sound and performance poetry that blends a bohemian sensibility, radical sexual politics, and spiritual practice. All these elements are featured in this echo-laden rendition of “Dakini Software,” which mixes the metaphors of a female, tantric and Tibetan Buddhist deity, or embodiment of enlightened energy, with the concept of computerized instructions to impart the idea of what has been called “brainwashing based on Eastern wisdom.”
Genres
Poetry
Musical Selections
Dakini Software [excerpt, a poem] (13:11) / John Giorno
Performers
John Giorno, speaker
Subjects
Poetry
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.