VOCARIUM READING SERIES: Susan Howe

TL;DR

The event is an introduction to the Cocaine Poster exhibit and the Nouveau Karyam Reading Series, featuring poets and thinkers Susan Howe and Susan Stewart.

Transcript

welcome to the first reunion in our nouveau karyam reading series and our first ever event to take place under the name cocaine the poster is actually a part of a substantive exhibit called altered states which features materials related to drugs policing underground publications sex artistic communities sex and protest movements in the 20th centur... Read More

Key Insights

• 🇺🇸 The Altered States exhibit explores the intersections of drugs, policing, sex, protest movements, and artistic communities in the 20th century.
• 🎅 The Nouveau Karyam Reading Series pays tribute to Professor Frederick C Packard's vision of a library of voices and features poets and thinkers Susan Howe and Susan Stewart.
• ❓ Packard believed in the educational and artistic significance of spoken voice recordings and their ability to educate and inspire through eloquence, persuasion, and support for democratic ideals.
• 🇺🇸 The Cocaine Poster exhibit is a part of the Altered States exhibit, showcasing materials related to drugs, policing, sex, protest movements, and artistic communities in the 20th century.
• 🛄 The Nouveau Karyam Reading Series aims to bring together poets and thinkers of multidisciplinary magnitude, rigorous ethics, and sonic logic.
• ❓ Stephanie Sandler, a Harvard scholar, poet, and translator, introduces the poets and thinkers in the Nouveau Karyam Reading Series.
• 🥰 Susan Howe's work explores the mystical, accidental, and love and loss aspects of art, while Susan Stewart's work revels in the evocative, rhythmic lines of verse and the patterns of nature and human experience.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is the purpose of the Cocaine Poster exhibit?

The Cocaine Poster exhibit is a part of the Altered States exhibit, showcasing materials related to drugs, policing, sex, protest movements, and artistic communities in the 20th century.

Q: Who are the featured poets and thinkers in the Nouveau Karyam Reading Series?

The Nouveau Karyam Reading Series features Susan Howe and Susan Stewart, who are known for their multidisciplinary work, rigorous ethics, and sonic logic in their poetry and writings about poetry.

Q: What is Vau karyam?

Vau karyam is a word coined by Professor Frederick C Packard and classicist ek Rand at Harvard in the late 1920s. It refers to a library of voices, a collection of recordings from various languages and disciplines, aimed at educating and inspiring through eloquence, persuasion, and artistic works.

Q: Why was Packard interested in creating Vau karyam?

Packard was concerned about the rise and transmission of totalitarian ideologies through radio broadcasts in Europe. He believed that spoken voice recordings, especially in poetry, theater, classical literature, and historical speeches, could educate Harvard students and the larger American public in the art of communication and the creation of artistic works that support democratic ideals and civil liberties.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The event is the first reunion in the Nouveau Karyam Reading Series, featuring poets and thinkers Susan Howe and Susan Stewart.

• It is held under the name Cocaine and is part of the Altered States exhibit, focusing on drugs, policing, sex, protest movements, and artistic communities in the 20th century.

• The event pays tribute to Professor Frederick C Packard's vision of Vau karyam, a library of voices, and his belief in the educational and artistic significance of spoken voice recordings.