Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

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Title: OPEN CALL John Cage SCHUNCK*

John Cage
Of what is and what might have been

OPEN CALL
Deadline 22 August 2010

SCHUNCK* is launching an OPEN CALL for artistic projects inspired by John Cage. The entries will be showcased during the exhibition and on the website, then a selection of entries will be realised up until 28 November 2010.

The motivation behind this open call is the exhibition titled The Anarchy of Silence John Cage and Experimental Art in SCHUNCK* showing from 3 September through 28 November in Heerlen, the Netherlands. During the exhibition, SCHUNCK* will organise an accompanying programme in collaboration with Cultura Nova titled John Cage Of what is and what might have been. Room will be made in this project for your entries as part of the OPEN CALL.

As a musician, writer and philosopher, Cage strove to push back the boundaries of the acceptable - not only in music but in other disciplines too. This approach formed the cornerstone for a philosophical exploration free of disciplinary conventions, free of taste and of traditional models of aesthetic experience. Present-day artists give their interpretation of Cage's oeuvre in a series of concerts, installations, lectures and performances: they show what is and what could have been.

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John Cage
John Cage was and is a source of inspiration for artists due to his commitment to everything new, the non-subjective and the changeable. Words as a non-intention and indeterminacy are an essential part of that. Cage composed his first works in 1951 including Music of Changes, with help from games of chance. He changed the mental models surrounding 'compositions' and embraced technology, which redefined the effect of art on sensory perception. He used his work to break the existing, traditional boundaries within and between various forms of art, as well as the common ways of showing and exhibition.

Exhibition
With The Anarchy of Silence John Cage and Experimental Art, not only is SCHUNCK* presenting the largest exposition dedicated to the composer since his death in 1992. It is also presenting the first exhibition to place John Cages’ work in the context of music history and the history of the visual and performing arts.

The exhibition follows Cage's career in chronological order from 1930 until the late 1980's. It includes over two hundred works, including original scores, paintings, noise works, films and multimedia installations by not only by John Cage himself but also by Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, La Monte Young, Nam June Paik and Fluxus, and others.

Cage put a bomb under the artistic conventions of his time. As John Cage Of what is and what might have been shows, his influence is still felt today. The retrospective, put together by Julia Robinson and realised in co-production with the Henie Onstad Art Centre in Norway and MACBA Barcelona, presents John Cage as an all-round innovator.

Entries
Novel idea, developed concept or ready-made implementation, from the musical arena, the visual arts, performance, dance, philosophy, literature or architecture - Send your project proposals between now until 22 August on various media to or Schunck, Open Call, P.O. Box 1, 6400AA Heerlen, the Netherlands.

A jury will decide from 3 September through 28 November 2010 which entries will be considered for implementation and how much money is available for this. By submitting an entry, entrants agree to the publication of its contents.

For more information on the terms and conditions, see www.SCHUNCK.nl