Re: Re: Re: Re: 0'00" is a joke...

Great discussion.  I can't think of any better use for this list!

If 0'00" is not the duration of the piece, why is it entitled that?  From all this discussion, I'm still not sure I understand that.  Is the lack of time in the title metaphorical?  And is there not at least a hint of humor?  First came the white paintings, then the silent piece of 4 minutes and 33 seconds' duration, then the very loud piece of no duration...it simply seems to be taking an idea to its logical extreme.

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David Badagnani
Kent, Ohio
USA



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>From: Matt Rogalsky <[email protected]>
>To: Vitor Rua <[email protected]>
>Cc: [email protected]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 4:09 PM
>Subject: [silence] Re: Re: Re: 0'00" is a joke...
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>OK, you pulled me in to make one more reply.
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>On 2011-10-25, at 4:01 PM, Vitor Rua wrote:
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>> oh pleaseeeeeee... not even einstein will think that this composition must be performed... unless they perform on a warm whole or something...theres no DURATION !!!!!
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>The title of this piece is not its duration. The score instructions make that clear.
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>>> think of some of the more abstract Fluxus era compositions by La Monte Young and others, for instance, which really are not really performable in a concert hall sense).
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>> I have performed almost all the pieces 
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>But not all.. because some cannot be performed in a concert-hall sense.
>Such as: "This piece is little whirlpools in the middle of the ocean" (that's from memory, please forgive if I am paraphrasing)
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>OK, bye! That's the end of my contribution to this discussion!
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>in friendship,
>Matt R
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