In this review,it claims that 4'33" was one of the most controversial compositions of the 20th century (among many). I think this is the main idea of this critical review.
http://www.kylegann.com/NoSuchThingasSilence.html
2014年12月16日星期二
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The point of John Cage's 4'33" is to enrapture the sound of silence. Though he does not have any instruments move or any voices heard, he considers the sound around the creators of the piece. The breath of the audience, the cough from the crowd, and the outside noises create the piece. Many modern interpretations have been done of this piece. People have staged it outside and in many different types of locations to gain a new perspective of what makes up the piece.
回复删除It’s so odd that one of the most controversial pieces of art of the century has the least possible amount of artist-generated content. If that is not a commentary on how compulsive and self-created all of our problems are, I don’t know what is. Exploring reality is hardly compatible with having judgments about reality. Making judgments about the portrayal of reality is sometimes necessary to move us forward, but I can’t imagine it ever being constructive to judge a person’s portrayal of someone else’s portrayal of reality, since at that point truth is irrelevant and social standards of acceptability and ill-informed opinions on what is more “constructive” begin to dominate the discussion. Judging critical reviews of Cunningham runs the risk of missing Cunningham altogether, so I have to be careful about limiting myself to discussions of what is true and not with the creators instead of the commentators. To this end, I personally love that Merce makes music – in other words, reverence – come out of sounds that we would otherwise not think twice about. What do you both think?
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