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James Semark

Relevance: 100% Posted on: 03.04.2014

James Semark departed this earthly plane sometime during the first week of December, 2010, his death due to a possible heart attack or possible complications from an allergic reaction to antibiotics, something we will never know as an autopsy was never done. The coroner’s office explained it as “death by natural causes.” He was found alone at home with the front door left unlocked, perhaps to not trouble anyone by having to break it down. His body was discovered by the Ferndale police several days after he died. James Semark was a poet, musician/composer, cosmic communicator, organizer and creative spirit […]

Detroit Amsterdam Junction by James Semark

Relevance: 40.864421450483% Posted on: 19.05.2014

[…]St. Ferndale, MI 48220 (USA) The editorial above was found on a disk in the estate of James Semark. It’s unknown if this was published on the old DAW site that James set up in 2004. With many works by Semark lost after his death, the preservation of his writing has been an important ongoing project of the […]

James Semark Memorial with Robert Thibodeau

Relevance: 33.472474234561% Posted on: 08.02.2016

James Semark (1940-2010) memorial held at Book Beat 5.04.11: James Semark Memorial Robert Thibodeau was a friend to James Semark and is the owner of the Mayflower […]

Harold McKinney Interview by James Semark

Relevance: 33.472474234561% Posted on: 10.05.2014

[…]of 1965, two active participants (and students) of the jazz movement, Harold McKinney and James Semark, met and discussed its developments of the last thirteen years. This study is a result of that discussion. This study is also the beginning of a vast research project, which will attempt to seek correlative information, initiated by the Artists’ Workshop Society. Of the initial organization, McKinney has this to say: “Kenny Burrell formed a group – it must have been in the latter part of ‘53 that they formed this group – it was composed of Kenny, Paul Chambers, Hindal Butts, and myself. […]

James Semark – Urban Revitalization’s Second Wind

Relevance: 31.62448743058% Posted on: 06.11.2004

James Semark - Urban Revitalization’s Second Wind

[…]and networked with each other. The development of one such center might go like this: James Semark, Detroit 6/11/2004 [It is uncertain if this article was published on the 2004 DAW website. It was found in the papers of James […]

Night Vision Express : James Semark

Relevance: 29.7765006266% Posted on: 26.05.2014

Night Vision Express : James Semark

[Night Vision Express was printed Jan. 1, 1966 AWS Press, edition of 500 copies. The following are sample pages, from one of the most creative, deep and Acid-laced AWS press books] INTRODUCTION I pain and suffering: result of ignorance of eternal values I have nothing new to say. Just the “same old song” rehashed over and over again: “If one looks absent-mindedly at a candle the flame appears immobile. We know, however, that nothing is immobile within its apparently defined contours, The flame is recreated every instant; and, during its continual ﬂux, the ﬂame feeds on thousands of millions of […]

Flip-outs for Children by James Semark

Relevance: 29.7765006266% Posted on: 20.05.2014

[…]try it. go ahead. try it. just let go. Source: James Semark, WORK/ 1 […]

James Semark – A Metaphor for Charles Moore

Relevance: 29.7765006266% Posted on: 15.01.2004

I believe this about Detroit: if everything would be taken away from the community – the cement, the steel, factories, automobiles, assembly lines, etc. – what would remain would be a form of supercharged cultural expression – music like what was made in the Artists Workshop four decades ago. For those who were not there when the sound was alive, I can best describe it in three aspects: – Dynamic – high-energy. The music blew you away every time you encountered it. – Unique. The music bore the stamp of “we invented it.” – Warmth and depth. A feeling, a […]

James Semark: A Second Chance

Relevance: 29.7765006266% Posted on: 10.05.2014

James Semark: A Second Chance

[…]and growth factor in the revitalization of Detroit (and, not to say the least, the planet). James Semark, Detroit […]

John Coltrane Rhythm Ballad for All by James Semark

Relevance: 29.7765006266% Posted on: 22.05.2014

The John Coltrane Rhythm Ballad for All recorded Nov. 22, 1964 at the Artists Workshop: James Semark voice, John Dana: bass, Danny Spencer : percussion, Charles Moore: horn. James pioneered a type of early proto-rap form that he called the rhythm ballads. These late 50s and early 60s compositions were “investigative verse” works; tripped-out epic poems set to music that undertook the study and description of jazz legends John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and even a judgment day “jazz-poem in heaven” of Edmund Zwingy, an imaginary be-bop star. He began to put the ballads to syncopated sound beats around 1964, inspired […]

The New DAW Website

Relevance: 14.783894431845% Posted on: 26.09.2014

[…]artworks and publications from original sources of the DAW —its colleagues and influences. Semark had a manic energy and devotion: he wanted to realize a contemporary Workshop revival. We now hope to keep our progress modest; to help preserve the Workshop past before its gone, by organizing articles, books, lectures and displays. The work of Semark and others deserve recognition, and will be given an outlet and voice in this forum. This history of the Artists’ Workshop will show their continued evolution into the late ‘60s ‘70s, and occasionally feature new works from its former membership. The major point is […]

Work Box: A 50th Anniversary Collection (sold out)

Relevance: 11.087920823884% Posted on: 15.11.2014

[…]Book of Humors by James Semark is a collection of concrete poems, observations and reviews by Semark with illustrations by Larry Weiner. This was Semark’s first collection originally printed in 1965. This new edition is printed in an edition 200 copies. The Book of Ruins by Robin Eichele is the poet’s first collection from 1965. It is illustrated in runes drawn by the author and reprinted in an edition of 150 copies. Common Ground & Mother & Child; two poems by Bill Harris were first printed in a catalog for Gallery 7 in 1971, they are reprinted with a photo […]

DRUG: A Workshop Seminar

Relevance: 7.3919472159225% Posted on: 26.05.2014

[…]thinking and discouraged. One recorded Workshop seminar called DRUG was conducted by James Semark for inclusion in a future issue of Work. DRUG was a classic seminar in the sense of how it describes the psychedelic experience and of how open and sincere the members were during the interview/ seminar. DRUG was recorded and transcribed by James Semark. The entire piece ran over twenty typed pages and was intended for a special issue of WORK, but was cut at the last minute. Following are some excerpts from the original DRUG interview made during June of 1965. It shows the heightened […]

The Free University of Detroit

Relevance: 7.3919472159225% Posted on: 18.05.2014

[…]7:00 PM: Modern Colonial Revolutions (Jan Garrett) 8:30 PM: Self-Realization Study Group (Jim Semark & John Collins) 9:00 PM: Contemporary American Prose & Drama (Sinclair) Fridays 7:00 PM: Life Drawing (Howard Weingarden) 9:00 PM: Acting/Theater Techniques (Hurst Rinehart) Saturdays 1:00 PM: Photography (Magdalene Arndt Sinclair) 3:00 PM: Ensemble Music Workshop (Charles Moore) Sundays 7:00 PM: Free concerts of the New music plus readings by Detroit Poets Other class times are arranged; interested students may contact the professors for time and place: The Surrealist Stance (Allen Van Newkirk, 4825 Lodge) Music Theory & Music Composition (Jim Semark, 4821 Lodge) Dialectical Sociology (James […]

Artists Worksheet 1965

Relevance: 5.5439604119418% Posted on: 09.02.1967

The Worksheet was initiated as our first public written means of communication in February of 1965, after the Workshop had been in operation for three months, presenting concerts and readings every Sunday afternoon in the original building on West Forest in Detroit. We thought to create a printed context for work that was being read (and written) in the workshop situation, so the people who came to the readings could SEE what was being done as well as hear it, and so the poets and writers could present work that would supplement their readings and, hopefully, illuminate them. But to […]

Roots & Branches; DAW Exhibition at CCS

Relevance: 5.5439604119418% Posted on: 12.10.2014

[…]—a way of saving yourself. Members of the DAW also took on serious spiritual pursuits. James Semark, Howard Weingarden and others members were UFO watchers, practiced esoteric religions at the highest levels, played world music and traveled to India for enlightenment. Semark brought Michio Kuchi to Detroit and published the first book on Macrobiotics on the workshop press. Some members broke off into splinter groups emphasizing spirituality and the mind-body connection. Artist designer Gary Grimshaw best exemplifies the passion and commitment to the arts community as he became the voice and conscience of the DAW collective throughout its years of […]

STRATA: A Detroit Movement Defined by John Sinclair

Relevance: 3.6959736079612% Posted on: 01.10.2014

[…]Movement Defined by John Sinclair In the fall of 1964 poets George Tish, Robin Eichele and Jim Semark, photographer Magdalene Arndt, musician Charles Moore, myself and several of our friends in the neighborhood around Wayne State University founded an artists’ collective called the Detroit Artists Workshop. The Artists Workshop served as an important meeting ground for musicians and other artists from the city—Charles Moore, Larry Nozero, John Dana, James Semark—with outstate natives like Lyman Woodard from the Flint area and Ron English and Danny Spencer from Lansing. Charles Moore formed a cooperative ensemble called the Detroit Contemporary 5 with Nozero, […]

The Detroit Artists Workshop: a 50th Anniversary

Relevance: 3.6959736079612% Posted on: 01.10.2014

[…]Fugs, edited by Ed Sanders), Revolutionary Letters by Diane DiPrima, The Book of Humors by James Semark, Sit Up Straight by George Tysh, Meditations by John Sinclair, and The Book of Runes by Robin Eichele. Flyers, posters, ephemera, music, Gary Grimshaw elements, two poems by Bill Harris, postcard portfolios by Leni Sinclair and Carl Schurer, an interview with Charles Moore and a DVD of the 40th anniversary event at the DIA will also be included in this 50th anniversary keepsake. A display of the Work Box including the originals will be featured in the Homestead display. Featured artists at the 50th […]

Lyman Woodard

Relevance: 1.8479868039806% Posted on: 19.05.2014

“Lyman was born March 3rd, 1942 in Owosso, Michigan and started his formal musical training at age four on the piano. In 1962, he attended the Oscar Peterson School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, Canada. After hearing a performance of the great Jimmy Smith in 1963, he was convinced that this was his future and he made the switch from piano to the Hammond B3 organ. Lyman formed the first Lyman Woodard Trio in 1965 along with fellow musicians Melvin Davis on drums & vocals and Dennis Coffey on […]

Harold McKinney

Relevance: 1.8479868039806% Posted on: 10.05.2014

Harold McKinney (1928-2001) was a composer, pianist, band leader and jazz educator in the Detroit area. He combined a deep knowledge of classical music, with an early love of hard Bop. McKinney toured and played with many giants such as Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef and Kenny Burrell. Along with Wendell Harrison, McKinney began the Tribe collective, a label, magazine and a creative outlook on urban self-determination. McKinney was a gifted synesthete who saw colors as sound and sound as colors. His finest accomplishment was the training and musical education he gave to […]