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WHITE NOISE II Curated by Esa Nickle Opening Reception:
With a special re-staging of the seminal 1969 work by John Cage titled 33 1/3, 1969
Michael Northam: Membrane Seeding
John Cage: 33 1/3,1969 Saturday, November 24, 11am - 6pm
White Box presents White Noise II in collaboration with its New Composers Series and as part of the Second Biennale of PERFORMA 07. Its goal is to provide a vital group of today’s sound artists with a rare opportunity to either produce new works or stage and premier existing works that are non-commercial, experimental, innovative, bringing a new vitality and excitement to today’s sound art field. Michael Northam, Eva Sjuve, James Fei, Kato Hideki, Ed Tomney and Kabir Carter have been selected to take part in this exhibition. These young and emerging artists explore the intersection of sound, performance and mobile media in unique ways and presentations.
The Second Biennale of Performa 07 and White Noise II will be complemented with a one-week presentation, from November 19th to November 26th, 2007, of the 1969 musical composition by JOHN CAGE titled 33 1/3.
The final week of White Noise II offers a unique opportunity to visitors to become acquainted with a 1969 pivotal work by John Cage, forerunner of the American avant-garde. Visitors entering White Box’s space are welcomed by an audio-visual piece made of 12 phonographs and an assorted random group of 200 to 300 albums where they are invited to create their own musical score. The truly interactive piece shows Cage’s extraordinary blend of music, Fluxus and Performance Art, where people pick random music and spin their selection on the 33 1/3 record turntables, creating new music. The piece turns the concept of authorship on its head and, in a classic Cage Buddhist and democratic gesture, during their visit each person becomes a temporary composer–performer. The new and totally original musical score is composed from the blend of each individual visitor-turned-composer. In the end, the experience may lead to several surprising daily symphonic concerts.
This exhibition is generously supported by the Greenwall Foundation. Additional support for White Noise II was received from the Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds Program. The Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds Program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.
The New Composers Series has received generous support from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and is produced by White Box with the collaboration of the Electronic Music Foundation and in association with Diapason Sound Art Gallery and New Wilderness Foundation Inc.
White Box is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Annual exhibitions are supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, with additional annual organization funds from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.
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