Saturday, 13 October 2012

Tribute to John Cage 1912 - 1992


1912


the cage door opens               

to silence

for the space of 4' 33"

and the cage door closes



the cage door opens

to rubber duck

whistles

and the cage door closes



the cage door opens

to the music of the toy keyboard

and closed piano

the cage door closes



the cage door opens    
- - - - - to the BANGING! OF LIDS AND SPOONS! 
DON'T CLOSE the cage door - - - - 

the cage door closes  

1992





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5 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass14 October 2012 at 11:22

    I like this Gwil. I think we could all fill in our own second lines. There was a performance on radio fairly recently of 4'33" - a clever idea. John Cage is one of Dominic's heroes.

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  2. Gwil W14 October 2012 at 18:59

    I shall hereby dedicate this also to Dominic!

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  3. Gwil W15 October 2012 at 21:58

    A word of explanation for the reader:

    4'33" is a period of silence amounting to 273 seconds which refers to a temperature of -273'Celsius or 0'Kelvin. Cage's silent composition comprises 3 movements and is of 4'33" duration.

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  4. Anonymous20 October 2012 at 13:41

    I also like this Gwil. You did a good job. Nice sharing

    POET IN RESIDENCE

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  5. Gwil W23 October 2012 at 10:12

    LGM, thanks for the comments here and elsewhere. GW

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