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John Cage, Sterneck / KomistA

Five Hanau Silence

Label: KomistA

Format: Book + 7"

Genre: Sound Art

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€30.00
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Scarce 1992 book with enclosed EP released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.

** condition: NM/EX - book: Fine ** plit 7" EP with performances of a John Cage composition by Sterneck and Komista coming with the 98pp book Silence, Consciousness and Change, published in a limited edition of 997 numbered copies (this is nr. 469).
"Magnetic Tape Piece for environmental sounds collected from five chance determined places in Hanau. This work was realized in March 1992 by Sterneck/KomistA, with the record (a 45rpm) and brochure (entitled "Silence, Consciousness and Change") published in the same year, just after Cage's death, by the Komista-Collective. In December of 1986, a house in the Metzgerstrasse in Hanau, Germany, was taken over by squatters, growing quickly into an autonomous cultural center. Cage composed this work at the request of the community, using a map of the city of Hanau, dividing it into 88 x 126 squares of 1/8 x 1/8 inch each. Using IC (Cage's primary I Ching computer software program), five locations on the map were determined. The directions in the score are simple: "Make a recording at each location shown on the map. Start at the times on the days indicated…”.

Details
File under: Avantgarde
Cat. number: KR-4
Year: 1992
Notes:
7" comes with the book "Stille, Bewußtsein und Veränderung" by John Cage, Claus Sterneck & Wolfgang Sterneck. Komposition: November 1991 Realisation: März 1992 Die Komposition ist dem Autonomen Kulturzentrum Metzgerstraße / Hanau gewidmet. Sollte durch den Verkauf von Schallplatte und Broschüre ein finanzieller Gewinn entstehen, so wird er zum einen dem Zentrum Metzgerstraße zur Verfügung gestellt und zum anderen zur Finanzierung neuer KomistA-Projekt genutzt. Keine Person zieht einen persönlichen finanziellen Gewinn aus dem Projekt. Die Veröffentlichung wurde von Matrax unterstützt. Each side ends in a lock groove.