Re: [LAU] Re: Re: That must suck. For me it's about beauty--musicisjustone path

On 4/5/07, david <gnome@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > Actually, no. The points are (more or less in the order of importance)
> > recontextualization of silence, exploration of indeterminacy, and
> > relinquishing the control over the creative process (which is to some extent
> > an outgrowth of the second point).
>
> The point was that Cage was too damn lazy or arrogant to create
> anything, so he produced 4'33" of meaningless nothingness. The piece
> reminds me of wide swathes of what passes for modern art in the painting
> world, where the painting is accompanied by a densely-written, 3-5 page
> explanation of the painting. Without the textual explanation, the
> painting itself communicates NOTHING - no meaning, etc. (IMHO, this is a
> sure sign that the work was funded by a grant.) As my artist-daughter
> describes them, they're a "spot on the wall."

I think you haven't heard a good performance of it.

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