4′33″
4′33″ is a musical composition written by avant-garde (non-traditional) musician John Cage. It is his most famous work. It consists of no notes, only 4 minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence. The piece challenges the definition of music. The only thing the sheet music says is "tacet", or "it is silent". It was first played by David Tudor in Woodstock, New York.
4′33″ Media
Opdracht GPD; componist John Cage , kop
Sheet music for Allais' Funeral March, containing no musical notes
Page of rests, from the score of Erwin Schulhoff's In Futurum
Daisetz Suzuki, whose approach to Zen Buddhism influenced Cage
Cage sitting in Harvard University's anechoic chamber, by which he discovered that absolute silence does not exist, inspiring him to compose 4′33″
4′33″ performed by Eikanger-Bjørsvik live in Bergen, 2012
- Urinal "readymade" signed R. Mutt; early example of "Dada" art. A paradigmatic example of found-art. Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz. Captions read: "Fountain by R. Mutt, Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, THE EXHIBIT REFUSED BY THE INDEPENDENTS"
Modern take on automatic drawing using a digital camera. Miller uses moving water (the canvas) and the Sun (the pen) to create compelling images in the mold of the early 20th century artists that made automatism popular.
A filmed performance of 4′33″ in 14th Street–Union Square station, 2013
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