Re: [Leica] 4'33" (was: concert shooting)

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

How about a poetry recital, where no words are spoken?    Hey, I think I'm
on to something!

Seriously though, I once went to see an art exhibit which consisted of 6
large SONY trinitrons, facing inwards in a circle such that the screens
were not visible whatsoever from the outside.  Supposedly a video was being
displayed which depicted the artist creating a film of "all of the orifaces
(sp?) of the female human body".  This film was not actually developed,
however (of course not!).  Instead, the exposed but undeveloped film was
taken out of the camera, and covered with about 30 coats of paint.  The
video depicted (apparently, remember that the screens were not visible!)
the painting of the film (not the photographing of the model!).

Sigh........

Dan C.

At 09:48 AM 16-03-00 -0600, Michael Bell wrote:
>Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk> writes:
>>* Cage's most famous musical composition is entitled 4'33''. It is played at
>>the piano and is divided into three movements. All of the notes are silent.
>
>It should be noted that a performer of John Cage's 4'33" is to not 
>play anything, as opposed to playing "silent notes."  There's a 
>difference.  Cage believed there was no such thing as absolute 
>silence.  The point of 4'33" is that the environment, whatever that 
>may be, provides the music for the piece.
>
>At early performances of the work, the audience would start to murmur 
>to itself and then start getting louder, sometimes ending in angry 
>shouts.
>
>As to CD recordings, I don't know about that.  Seems like anyone 
>interested would be perfectly capable of "performing" the piece 
>themselves.
>
>No Leica content whatsoever, but this perhaps ties in with some of 
>the "what is art" discussions we've had.
>
>-- 
>Michael Bell
>MBell@mail.utexas.edu
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