Son[i]a #89
With “La anarquía del silencio. John Cage y el arte experimental” [“The Anarchy of Silence. John Cage and Experimental Art”, 23/10/2009 – 10/01/2010], the MACBA presents the most complete exhibition on artist and composer John Cage (1912-1992) to be seen since his death.
To understand Cage’s important contribution to 20th century contemporary art and modern music, the exhibition takes a look back at the artist’s career and also highlights his collaborations with different artists.
Son[i]a speaks to Bartomeu Marí, the director of the MACBA, and Julia Robinson, the exhibition’s curator.
Tom Johnson
The minimalist composer Tom Johnson talks about his compositional methods, and the influence that John Cage and Morton Feldman had upon it.
Bartomeu Marí, Chus Martínez and Alex Sainsbury talk about the exhibition "Ray Johnson. Please Add to & Return".
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.
Carmen Pardo