Now you can submit your own “remix” of Cage’s 4’33” to the “Cage Against The Machine” project. I don’t think “remix” is quite the best word to use, though. As every individual recording of 4’33” is a valid performance of the work, in my opinion. I’m tempted to do one from my favourite café later today.
I’ve posted about this work already on this blog. In a way, this addition to the CATM project takes the work right into the digital age – focusing the listener not just on the sounds of their own space, but also sharing that sound with other listeners who will not hear that space in the same way either, as the sound will merge with the sound of their own spaces.
There is a popular misconception that Cage’s 4’33” is ‘silence’. It’s not. It’s the sound of the place you are in at that time. We have therefore asked some of the best remixers in the world to submit their own versions of 4’33”, in other words, the sound of where they are and what they are doing at that time. Herve tidies up his studio, Alex Metric walks to work, Adam F goes to a club, I’m told Aeroplane may be having a shower, all for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
So go to it, give us a four minute thirty three second audio snapshot of your life. Record it on your phone, your Mac, PC, recorder, dictaphone, walkperson, whatever and share it here. Bring smiles, warmth and awareness to our cause. Thank you for being part of it :)
Eddy Temple Morris
But is it not all just pretentious rubbish? Perhaps. But interesting, thought-provoking, challenging, inspiring, and creative too.
