Lecture On Nothing

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Lecture On Nothing

54:54

Credits

• Read By [Reading By] – David Kurs
• Text By [Original Text] – John Cage

Notes

Recorded in Los Angeles, 2010.
"Lecture on Nothing is a recording of John Cage’s original text as read by a deaf individual. According to Cage, silence may operate as a positive frame through which to appreciate non-musical sounds and to heighten the experience of listening: by integrating silence into his compositions, Cage sought to allow sounds of the world into the musical experience. Appropriating Cage’s text, this work aims to further explore silence as a complex signifier by giving us a voice that cannot hear itself. In doing so, the work multiplies perspectives onto the act of listening, and on the notion of being quiet. From an open space for renewed listening to forms of disciplinary power, silence and silencing can be heard to perform a complicated influence onto auditory culture."

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: 10801270 - 102000477/01