Atte André Jensen wrote:
Chris McCormick wrote:
"Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing
by a music school?" -- John Cage
Which is more musical, 4 minutes and 33 seconds silence or 4 minutes
and 33 seconds of any sound what-so-ever?
4' 33" was intended as a performance piece, so the noise made by the
audience emerged as music, probably in a way that automatically follows
certain rules. So it is much more a generative technique than a provocation.
That's why a performance of Cage 4' 33" is more musical (and for me it
is art, too) than 4' 33" of any sound whatsoever.
c.
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