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A Tribute to John Cage

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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.

Date: 11/03/1976
Rating: 6.0
Cast: John Cage, Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman, Alvin Lucier, Richard Teitelbaum, David Behrman, David Tudor

John Cage as  in A Tribute to John Cage John Cage

Nam June Paik as  in A Tribute to John Cage Nam June Paik

Charlotte Moorman as  in A Tribute to John Cage Charlotte Moorman

Alvin Lucier

Richard Teitelbaum

David Behrman

David Tudor