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A Ceremonial Chord Change for John Cage’s 639-year-long Concert

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 8, 2020November 5, 2020

An organ recital of a piece by the composer began in 2001 and will run until 2640. This weekend, listeners gathered to hear its 14th chord change.

Posted inBooks

John Cage, Forager of Music and Mushrooms

by Victoria Nebolsin June 23, 2020November 5, 2020

No matter how much one knows about the artist or mycology, John Cage: A Mycological Foray surprises with its ode to continuous wonder.

Posted inArt

See Glorious, Unusual Pianos Made by Carolee Schneemann, Nam June Paik, and Other Artists

by Sarah Rose Sharp January 16, 2020January 18, 2020

At the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, performers will activate remarkable pianos inspired by John Cage and commissioned by Italian collector Francesco Conz.

Posted inBooks

The Artists Who Wrote Poetry at Black Mountain, From Josef Albers to John Cage

by Victoria Nebolsin November 8, 2019

Including poems from well known writers and less expected artists, Black Mountain Poems produces a keener vision of the interdisciplinary culture of the famed college.

Posted inFilm

A 3D Experience Recreates Merce Cunningham’s Most Famous Dances

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

On the centennial of the legendary dancer and choreographer’s birth, the documentary Cunningham pays tribute to his work and philosophy.

Posted inHistory

50 Years Ago Today, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage Played Chess

by Elena Goukassian March 5, 2018April 4, 2018

Spoiler alert: Cage lost … twice.

Ellen Lauren (She) and Will Bond (He) in Chess Match No. 5
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A Play Composed of John Cage Interviews and the Sounds of Daily Life

Avatar photo by John Sherer and Andrew Summers March 31, 2017

Chess Match No. 5, a play composed from excerpts of John Cage interviews, reprises canonical questions about the nature of music and art but adds no new insights.

Posted inArt

When Experimental Music Resonated with Abstract Art

by Daniel Fox March 9, 2017March 8, 2017

The exhibition includes scores by John Cage and Morton Feldman, paintings by Philip Guston, sculpture and works on paper by Louise Bourgeois and David Smith, and oil paintings by Joan Mitchell.

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Why Composers Make Music to Drive Us Insane

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney August 11, 2016August 25, 2016

That artists have a tendency to be strange is not surprising. However, Erik Satie, who was a groundbreaking composer that lay the foundation for minimalism in 20th-century classical music, really waved his freak flag high.

Posted inBooks

Learning Little from John Cage’s Letters

by Richard Kostelanetz July 14, 2016July 14, 2016

Some of us didn’t need letters from him, because he trusted us to do what we did without requiring his instruction or encouragement.

Posted inBooks

Taking His Chance: John Cage’s Diary

by Alan Gilbert October 3, 2015October 3, 2015

One of the minor ironies of the postwar avant-garde is that an artist so resolutely against personal expression and the myth of the inspired genius should become the focus of a cult of personality.

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The 1,000-Year GIF

by Claire Voon September 21, 2015October 2, 2015

Titled “AS Long As Possible,” the GIF work features 48,140,288 frames, and each will last for about 10 minutes. The file will reach its end only in the year 3017 — until it loops back to frame number one.

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