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zaphod
from the metaverse on 2003-02-17 16:18 [#00558827]
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Performance funded by Cage estate lawsuit against blank cassette manufacturers
Eric Marth reports: Seven years after his death, the John Cage Organ Foundation has begun the performance of what will be Cage's longest piece. Entitled "As Slow As Possible (ASLSP)", the work will be performed on a town organ in Halberstadt, Germany over the course of 639 years. That's right, 639 years-- which totals 11,644,754,400 minutes, according to the official Pitchfork T1-83.
Cage originally wrote "As Slow As Possible" in 1992 as a 20-minute piano piece. According to Art in Action, "musicologists have deliberated over just how slow, as slow as possible really is." The group agreed on the figure 639, representing years since the construction of Germany's first single-block organ.
At the piece's opening performance, approximately 360 people paid $15 USD to see someone turn the organ on. They'll have to return in another 18 months to hear the first chord. Notes will be played on similar intervals until the performance ends in 2640, provided sponsors can be found over the next several centuries. Avant-garde or just flat-out ridiculous? Avant-garde, of course!
from pitchfork
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steve mcqueen
from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-17 16:32 [#00558847]
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not april fools day already is it? pretty funny that: "Performance funded by Cage estate lawsuit against blank cassette manufacturers" rotfl!!! 4'33 strikes back! btw: http://www.longplayer.org/ - a 1000 year composition.
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MachineofGod
from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-02-17 16:37 [#00558856]
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this has already been gonig on for a month or so. gotta love john cage, funny thing is no one will ever hear the whole song.
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steve mcqueen
from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-17 16:40 [#00558865]
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it's a windup! got to be: do you really think cage's estate won a lawsuit against the makers of blank cassette tapes cos cage once had a song which was 4 minutes 33 seconds of silence?
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TonePu5her
from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-17 16:44 [#00558874]
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Yes I'd belive it.
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steve mcqueen
from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-17 16:45 [#00558877]
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well your fucking stupid then.
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theo himself
from +- on 2003-02-17 16:54 [#00558901]
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that was a joke
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pomme de terre
from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-02-17 17:03 [#00558926]
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I've got this on mp3 if anyone wants to get it off me in soulseek.
You'll need to free up about 176,345,934,357,326,967,236,432,356,754,324,876,963,234 Googlybytes though..
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mylittlesister
from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2003-02-17 17:06 [#00558929]
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is "zaphod" a place?
*completely off subject* :D
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zaphod
from the metaverse on 2003-02-18 09:03 [#00559917]
Points: 4428 Status: Addict | Followup to mylittlesister: #00558929
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no, zaphod is a character in he Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, a series of books and radio shows written by douglas adams.
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