书名：John Cage: 4'33''– Sounds Like Silence: Silence Today / 约翰·凯奇：《4分33秒》— 寂静之声：当下时代的静默
定价：268.0
ISBN：9783940064417
作者：Inke Arns, Dieter Daniels
版次：1
出版时间：2018-02

内容提要：

书名：John Cage: 4'33''– Sounds Like Silence: Silence Today / 约翰·凯奇：《4分33秒》— 寂静之声：当下时代的静默

作者：Inke Arns, Dieter Daniels

出版：Spector Books，2018年

装帧：平装，288页

语种：英文

尺寸：24.1*33.5 cm

 

 

本书及其记录的展览标题《寂静之声》（Sounds Like Silence）具有双重意涵。一方面，寂静本身会"发声"——正如凯奇所言："寂静并不存在"；另一方面，声音需要依托寂静才能被感知。纵然绝对寂静并不存在，每个声音却都隐含着寂静的概念：没有缺席，在场便无从谈起。《寂静之声》的歧义性标题由此触及本项目的核心议题：当万籁俱寂时我们听见什么？我们在何种程度上渴望寂静？而倘若寂静真的存在，我们又能承受多少寂静？

约翰·凯奇的《4分33秒》于1952年8月29日首演。本书不仅收录了参照这部开创性作品创作的新理论著述与艺术实践，更汇集了1962至1992年间"无声之作"的原始乐谱、作曲家本人创作的变奏曲、衍生作品及续篇。

 

The title of this book and the exhibition it documents—Sounds Like Silence—is ambiguous. On the one hand, silence effectively ?sounds?—or as Cage put it, ?There is no such thing as silence.? On the other hand, sound needs silence in order to be heard. Even if complete silence does not exist, every sound implicitly conveys the notion of silence: there is no presence without absence. The double meaning of Sounds Like Silence therefore touches upon the central issues at stake in this project: what do we hear when there is nothing to hear; to what extent do we long for silence; and how much silence can we cope with—provided it even exists?

John Cage’s 4’33” (four minutes, thirty-three seconds) premiered on August 29, 1952. This book presents new theoretical writings and artistic works referring to this groundbreaking work, together with original scores and the composer’s own variations, derivatives, and sequels of the ?silent piece? in the years from 1962 to 1992.