Re: [rumori] CDs of Silence - Other Silences


From: Gregg Gillis (gxg34ATpo.cwru.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2001 - 17:41:49 PST


Other silences of course include John Cage's "4'33."

Other, the Argentian band, Reynolds, did a release based on blank audio
cassettes, I think.

-Gregg

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Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [rumori] CDs of Silence - Other Silences

> 24 cd's! is this in response to the Merzbox
> anyone else got any exmamples of recorded silence.
> The Phantom Pregancies a UK riot person group in the 90's suppostedly
> because of their hatred/fear of technology when they were asked to
> appear on a cd compilation, said to leave 2 minutes of silence as their
> contribution.
> also there's a web site which has an hour recording of a Silent
> Refrigerator.
> Peter A Lopez
>
> Steev Hise wrote:
>
> >Matt Rogalsky, a Canadian artist in England, is making a
> >sound piece out of all the silences in 24-hours of BBC
> >radio.
> >
> >the reason this is relevant here is that the BBC stated that
> >they were "treating it in a light-hearted way, despite the
> >fact that it is illegal." So we're supposed to accept
> >that even silence can be owned...
> >
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1617000/1617499.
stm
> >
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