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A Tribute to John Cage (1976)

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Runtime : 29M

Director : Nam June Paik

Synopsis

A Tribute to John Cage is Paik's homage to avant-garde composer John Cage. A major figure in contemporary art and music, Cage was one of the primary influences on Paik's work, as well as his friend and frequent collaborator. In this multifaceted portrait, Paik creates a pastiche of Cage's performances and anecdotes, interviews with friends and colleagues, and examples of Paik's participatory music and television works that parallel Cage's strategies and concerns. The methodology and philosophies that inform Cage's radical musical aesthetic — chance, randomness, the democratization of sounds — are evident as he performs such seminal pieces as 4'33" (of complete silence) in Harvard Square, or throws the I Ching to determine performance sites. Among the collage of elements included in this work are segments from Paik's Zen for TV; Paik and Charlotte Moorman in early performances, including the TV Bra; and anecdotes from composer Alvin Lucier.

Actors

John Cage
John Cage
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
Charlotte Moorman
Charlotte Moorman
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier
Richard Teitelbaum
Richard Teitelbaum
David Behrman
David Behrman
David Tudor
David Tudor

Crews

Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik
Director
Jud Yalkut
Jud Yalkut
Camera Operator

Posters and backgrounds

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