Archive release

The Final Academy Documents (Brion Gysin, John Giorno, William S. Burroughs)

Various · 1984 · Video · GB · Ikon, IKON 9

<div> <div id="tracklist" class="section tracklist" data-toggle="tracklist">Tracklist <div class="section_content">&nbsp; 1962/63 <br /> 1 The Final Academy Documents &nbsp; <br /> &nbsp; 1982 <br /> 2 The Final Academy Documents &nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="section credits toggle_section toggle_section_remember" data-toggle-section-id="credits" id="credits">Credits <div class="section_content toggle_section_content"> <ul class="list_no_style"> <li>Other [Director] &ndash; Antony Balch</li> <li>Performer &ndash; Brion Gysin, John Giorno, William S. Burroughs</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="section notes toggle_section toggle_section_remember" data-toggle-section-id="notes" id="notes">Notes <div class="section_content toggle_section_content">Includes four postcards with an image of each artist.<br /> <br /> No tracklisting provided.<br /> <br /> Documentation of the showcase titled &#39;The Final Academy&#39;, filmed on October 4, 1982 in The Ha&ccedil;ienda, Manchester. Video 1 features the movies &quot;Towers Open Fire&quot; and &quot;Ghosts at No. 9&quot;, video 2 features Burroughs&#39; readings and performances by John Giorno and Brion Gysin.<br /> <br /> First public screening on Thursday, 16th August 1984, during a 1-week Factory showcase at the Riverside Studios, London, called &quot;From The North&quot; (Fac 121). Advertised as:<br /> First public showing of the two cassette documentary video to be released by IKON FCL this Summer. William S. Burroughs, John Giorno, Brion Gysin, Anthony Balch. Video from now and then. Two hours.</div> </div> </div>