Collection of music manuscripts which have been "illustrated" by Cage using "I-Ching chance operations" with the intention of demonstrating the contemporary evolution of music notation. [details]
A collection of letters and writings by avant-garde composer John Cage. Printed in black-and-white. [details]
![S.M.S. [ aka : SMS / aka : Shit Must Stop ]](/objects/images/s20497.jpg "S.M.S. [ aka : SMS / aka : Shit Must Stop ]")
Issue number four of the journal of artists' multiples edited by William Copley. Works included: "Tortured Color," by Arman Fernandez; "Concept: Bergtold," by Paul Bergtold; "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse), Continued 1968," by John Cage; "Phenakisticope," by Hollis Frampton; "100 Year Old Calendar," by On Kawara; "Folded Hat," by Roy Lichtenstein; "Burned Bow-tie," by Lil Picard; "6 Prison Poems," by Rotella; "Parking Meter Sticker," by Robert Watts; "Asylum Manuscripts," by Princess Winifred. ... [details]
Program for performances held May 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 1968. Program notes "Music by Velvet Underground." Performances included Scramble (1967) with music by Toshi Ichiyanagi, costumes by Frank Stella, musicians included David Behrman, John Cage, Malcolm Goldstein, Gordon Mumma, Max Neuhaus, David Tudor; RainForest (1968) with music by Tudor, decor by Andy Warhol, musicians Mumma and Tudor; How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run (1966) with music by Cage, readers Cage and David Vaughan; Variations V (1965) with music by Cage, film sequences by Stan VanDerBeek, electronics by Billy Klüver, Robert Moog; Place (1966) with music by Mumma, decor and costumes by Beverly Emmons, bandoneon by Tudor and cybersonic console by Mumma; Nocturnes (1965) with music by Erik Satie, decor and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg, piano by Cage; Winterbranch (1964) with music by LaMonte Young, costumes, decor and lighting by Rauschenberg supervised by Emmons; Field Dances (1963) with music by Cage, costumes by Remy Charlip, Untitled Solo (1953) with music by Christian Wolff, piano by Tudor; Walkaround Time (1968) with music by David Behrman, decor "after Marcel Duchamp's The Large Glass in the Philadelphia Museum - supervised by Jasper Johns," musicians Behrman, Mumma, Tudor; Suite for Five (1953 - 1958) with music by Cage, costumes by Rauschenberg, pianos by Cage and Tudor; and Collage III with music by Pierre Schaeffer. ... [details]
"In this book nine highly articulate members of the most interesting avant-garde movement in art discuss their purposes and processes : John Cage, Ann Halprin, Robert Rauschenberg, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Ken Dewey, La Monte Young, Robert Whitman, and USCO (the name of an artists' collective). ... [details]
![Aspen Magazine in a Box [for Stephane Mallarmé] [aka : The Minimalism Issue]](/objects/images/s8909.jpg "Aspen Magazine in a Box [for Stephane Mallarmé] [aka : The Minimalism Issue]")
Aspen 5 + 6 for Stephane Mallarmeé [aka : The Minimalism Issue," is a boxed edition consisting of 28 numbered elements edited and designed by Brian O''''Doherty, with art direction by David Dalton and Lynn Letterman. ... [details]
Promotional poster for the 5th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman in cooperation with the New York City Department of Marine and Aviation held September 29 - 30, [1967]. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held December 2 - 28, 1967. Text by Jeff Berner. Artists include Jeff Berner, George Brecht, Lourdes Castro, Fluxus International, Cavan McCarthy, Eino Ruutsalo, Reid Scudder, Chieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Julien Blaine, René Bertholo, Chris Brier, John Furnival, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Maurice Lemaitre, Tom Pitre, Claude-Pierre Quémy, Jacques Spacagna, Ur, Jeri Valoch, Asa Benveniste, Jack Hirschman, J. ... [details]
Artist's book by John Cage. Varying colors shades of red and blue text printed on off-white paper. [details]
Monograph honoring the first ten years of the Leo Castelli Gallery and an exhibition celebrating the anniversary held February 4 - 26, 1967. Edited by David Whitney. Statements by William C. Agee, Lawrence Alloway, John Cage, Otto Hahn, Thomas B. ... [details]
