John Cage's 'A Year from Monday' Published in Italian by Shake Edizioni

Shake Edizioni has released an Italian translation of John Cage's 'A Year from Monday', a collection of essays, lectures, and articles written between 1961 and 1967. The book, translated by Giancarlo Carlotti and Ermanno 'Gomma' Guarnieri, inaugurates the new series 'Classici della Nuova Musica' edited by Massimiliano Viel. Cage's writings emphasize process over outcome, arguing that art is not separate from life but an event that unfolds in time. He redefines musical composition as an open system that records variability and possibility, challenging fixed relationships between parts. The volume includes reflections on time, space, and rhythm, with texts dedicated to Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Joan Miró, Arnold Schönberg, and Nam June Paik. Cage's typographic collages and use of white space are integral to his argument that art is a slow-release process. The book follows his earlier collection 'Silence' (1961) and deepens his exploration of change, variability, and the continuum of time and space. Davide Dal Sasso reviews the publication for Artribune, highlighting Cage's insistence on rethinking the role of variability in artistic creation and his view that art is 'eventual'—both projectable and accidental.