Son[i]a #79
Carmen Pardo
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In connection with the upcoming exhibition based on John Cage that will open in Autumn 2009, The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art, the MACBA hosted a monographic course on the figure of this multifaceted artist.
The role of John Cage (1912-1992) is fundamental for understanding the evolution of music and contemporary art throughout the 20th Century. His musical output and theoretical work are marked, on one hand, by a notion of process that helps to explain his break away from the traditional parameters of music, and, on the other, by his idea of silence and his approach to art in relation to life and to the transformation of thought.
Son[i]a interviews Carmen Pardo, musicologist, editor, and translator of John Cage, who has imparted this monographic course.
Transcript
Transcript of FLUXRADIO, curated by Joe Gilmore and Rhiannon Silver.
Tom Johnson
The minimalist composer Tom Johnson talks about his compositional methods, and the influence that John Cage and Morton Feldman had upon it.
Margaret Leng Tan
Interview with Margaret Leng Tan, collaborator and performer of John Cage's music.
James Pritchett
James Pritchett talks about the work of John Cage, David Tudor and Morton Feldman, and the direct link between his way of studying, playing and writing about their music.
To complement the exhibition "The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art" and "Ray Johnson. Please Add to & Return", this programme documents the Fluxus movement, an international network of artists which emerged in New York in the early 1960s.
Bartomeu Marí and Julia Robinson talk about the exhibition "The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art"