Cage's Satie and Dream House: Lyon Exhibition Explores Two Avant-Garde Poles
The 'Cage's Satie: Composition for Museum' exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon features works by John Cage and La Monte Young. On the first floor, visitors can explore a random arrangement of eleven compositions by Cage dedicated to Erik Satie. The second floor displays Cage's 'The First Meeting of the Satie Society' (1985-1992) and 'James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: an alphabet' (1982), both reinterpreted by Mikel Rouse. La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's 'Dream House' (Lyon, 1990) is featured on the third floor. This exhibition is open until September 30, 2012. Cage, known for his anarchistic views, celebrated silence and randomness, while Young pursued perfect just intonation. Additional related exhibitions can be found in Salzburg until October 7, 2012, as well as in Rotterdam and Paris.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Cage's Satie: Composition for Museum' at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon.
- First floor: random composition from eleven Cage works dedicated to Satie.
- Second floor: Cage's 'The First Meeting of the Satie Society' (1985-1992) and 'James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: an alphabet' (1982), restaged by Mikel Rouse.
- Third floor: La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's 'Dream House' (Lyon, 1990) reinstalled.
- John Cage (1912-1992) and La Monte Young (born 1935) are considered the most conceptual musicians after Arnold Schoenberg.
- Cage invented the prepared piano in 1938; Young created 'The Well-Tuned Piano' in 1964 using just intonation.
- Cage's 4'33" (1952) is his most radical work; 'Music of Changes' (1951) uses chance.
- Young's 'Trio for Strings' (1958) anticipated minimalism.
- Cage's 'The Untitled Event' (1952) at Black Mountain College is considered the first happening.
- Young's 'Dream House' aims to create a harmonious world with endless music.
- Related exhibitions: 'John Cage and… Visual Artist' at Museum der Moderne, Salzburg until Oct 7, 2012; 'Ballads (Cage et Sarkis)' at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam until Sep 30, 2012; 'John Cage Revisited' at Cité de la musique, Paris, Dec 14-17, 2012.
Entities
Artists
- John Cage
- La Monte Young
- Erik Satie
- Vincent Barras
- Mikel Rouse
- Marian Zazeela
- Jacqueline Caux
- Daniel Caux
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Pierre Boulez
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Mary Carolyn Richards
- Charles Olsen
- David Tudor
- Merce Cunningham
- Richard Maxfield
- Daniel Charles
- Sarkis
Institutions
- Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon
- Biennale de Lyon
- Black Mountain College
- Town Hall (New York)
- Darmstadt (Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik)
- Berkeley (University of California)
- Museum der Moderne (Mönchsberg, Salzburg)
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam)
- Cité de la musique (Paris)
- artpress
Locations
- Lyon
- France
- Paris
- New York
- Darmstadt
- Germany
- Berkeley
- United States
- Salzburg
- Austria
- Rotterdam
- Netherlands
- Mönchsberg
Sources
- artpress —