Here is Mark Lockett beginning his Vexations performance
which will finish at around 4.00 today. I am still rather high
on it. Given that one phrase is being repeated 840 times, you
wouldn't think that there was much to get excited about - but
it (or Mark, who knows) has a quality that is never repetitious
and just invites your head to move to another space. Im trying
avoid art speak here - of course when you run into something
really good, there are no words.
It seems that this has only been performed once and then by
12 pianists working in shifts. Cheers, Mark! You are a treat.
1 comment:
It was the performance John Cage organized in New York,1963 after hes rediscovered the score, that had 12 pianists and lasted 18 H and 40 mins.
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