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Questions we ask symposium [on John Cage].

Title
Questions we ask [videorecording] : symposium [on John Cage].
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Cunningham, Merce.
  • Snyder, Allegra Fuller.
  • Freeman, Betty.
  • Perloff, Marjorie.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Found In
Merce Cunningham archive.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (84 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
John Cage is the subject of this panel discussion. The moderator poses written questions, and the panelists discuss personal recollections of Cage; his ideas and influence; his relationship with Buckminster Fuller; Black Mountain College; Cage's attitudes towards performances of his work, audience reactions, and ambient sounds; and Cage's use of chance operations.
Series Statement
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Panel discussions.
Note
  • The sound quality is very poor.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, on Sept. 11, 1993.
Biography (note)
  • This symposium took place in conjunction with an exhibition called Rolywholyover: a circus for museum, curated by John Cage (with Julie Lazar) shortly before his death on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-492
OCLC
NYPG05-F11276
Title
Questions we ask [videorecording] : symposium [on John Cage].
Imprint
1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection
Performer
Moderator: Mark [Swartz?]. Panelists: Allegra Fuller Snyder, Merce Cunningham, Betty Freeman, Marjorie Perloff.
Event
Videotaped at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, on Sept. 11, 1993.
Biography
This symposium took place in conjunction with an exhibition called Rolywholyover: a circus for museum, curated by John Cage (with Julie Lazar) shortly before his death on Aug. 12, 1992.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Merce Cunningham archive.
Added Author
Cunningham, Merce.
Snyder, Allegra Fuller.
Freeman, Betty.
Perloff, Marjorie.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Found In:
Merce Cunningham archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-492
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