Please join us as we welcome Professor Brent Wetters, (HUA) for a conversation about his 2025 SUNY Press edited collection, Matter of North: Essays on Glenn Gould and The Idea of North (2025, SUNY Press). Prof. Wetters will be joined in conversation by HUA Prof. Daniel DiMassa, and by musicologist and co-editor Anthony Cushing (joining via Teams from Canada).
Writing about Gould's documentary, the CBC says, "An anthropologist, sociologist, a nurse, and a surveyor discuss the subjective 'idea' and the reality of the North. Montage and voice counterpoint are used to express the antagonism and scope of the country, the loneliness and isolation, the warmth of community living, personal reasons for living there, the fear that human nature will gradually take over from the elements as common enemy number one, and the challenge involved in any decision to live there. During the last eight minutes the voices are heard over music.”
For those not familiar with Gould's The Idea of North, you are invited to watch the official video version of Gould's radio production on your own on YouTube, or join a group viewing in the same place (GL 303) immediately before the author event, from 10-11am.
For more details, watch for the full event announcement in C Term.