ISTD 4’33’
Received a merit on the ISTD Assessment
Received a merit on the ISTD Assessment
My performance is based on the present moment and the value of the art of listening to your surroundings with which unintentional sounds occur. There is no specific location or time for the perfect performance since every moment and location is as valuable as the next one.
The social dynamics of Robert Rauschenberg’s paintings and John Cage’s performance brought about a structure that brings the audience to themselves. The nature of my visual structural movements communicates the same language.
My visual performance was directly linked to the eastern culture especially meditation. Meditation became means of finding serenity even in the noisiest part of the city. This is why I wanted to highlight the value of meditation in the eastern culture where the audience takes the time to observe the words and their movement in varying shadow movement as well as the sounds around them.
The structural movements are also based on the concept of opening one’s eyes to observe and one’s ears to listen. That is why I targeted the senses of listening and observing. The influence of the structure and agency on human thought is one of the central issues of sociology playing a role in contemporary thoughts.
On one hand, this project is an attempt to let people understand the musical composition of John Cage’s performance titled 4’33’’. On the other hand, the performance is a way of realizing the importance of unintentional sounds through the means of meditation.
The social dynamics of Robert Rauschenberg’s paintings and John Cage’s performance brought about a structure that brings the audience to themselves. The nature of my visual structural movements communicates the same language.
My visual performance was directly linked to the eastern culture especially meditation. Meditation became means of finding serenity even in the noisiest part of the city. This is why I wanted to highlight the value of meditation in the eastern culture where the audience takes the time to observe the words and their movement in varying shadow movement as well as the sounds around them.
The structural movements are also based on the concept of opening one’s eyes to observe and one’s ears to listen. That is why I targeted the senses of listening and observing. The influence of the structure and agency on human thought is one of the central issues of sociology playing a role in contemporary thoughts.
On one hand, this project is an attempt to let people understand the musical composition of John Cage’s performance titled 4’33’’. On the other hand, the performance is a way of realizing the importance of unintentional sounds through the means of meditation.
Three A3 Plexi boxes were made differing in width with the grid cut from the sides reflecting the paintings of Robert Rauschenberg and the movements of 4’33’’.
The movements were calculated in relation to musical notes built on 8th duration chart where silence has length and fraction following a standard scale of 1 crochet in space at a point in time.
The objective of such calculations was the built up process to define the movement of the type across the box. Each movement expresses an idea of John Cage’s philosophical execution of 4’33’’. That is why each movement looks differently than the other yet sharing a common purpose.
The Title
The present moment is the name of my performance. My title was directly linked to the eastern culture of Zen Buddhism. It directly portrays the essence of my performance. By definition, it is the act of being fully aware of what is happening and that constant focus on one's current position in space and time that portrays John Cage’s intentions.
The present moment is the name of my performance. My title was directly linked to the eastern culture of Zen Buddhism. It directly portrays the essence of my performance. By definition, it is the act of being fully aware of what is happening and that constant focus on one's current position in space and time that portrays John Cage’s intentions.
First Movement
The words are shaped from a long thin wire that is passed through the plexi box. Seeing that the writing was haphazard and fast where wires randomly overlapping each other, it shows that meditation is expressed anywhere and anytime especially in the noisiest places. Noise is beauty and the audience can help the person observe it in the most chaotic forms. The first movement is different from the two is because the people are first introduced to the words clearly.
The words are shaped from a long thin wire that is passed through the plexi box. Seeing that the writing was haphazard and fast where wires randomly overlapping each other, it shows that meditation is expressed anywhere and anytime especially in the noisiest places. Noise is beauty and the audience can help the person observe it in the most chaotic forms. The first movement is different from the two is because the people are first introduced to the words clearly.
Second Movement
The words were cut in the shape of plexi transparency boxes numerously differing in a scale down sizes. Mathematical calculations lead me to the conclusion that notes do not matter but the sequence of the eight duration matters. The scaling down of the words helped create a movement that symbolizes the flow of high and low tones to the sounds around us as well the seconds it takes to read the words.
The words were cut in the shape of plexi transparency boxes numerously differing in a scale down sizes. Mathematical calculations lead me to the conclusion that notes do not matter but the sequence of the eight duration matters. The scaling down of the words helped create a movement that symbolizes the flow of high and low tones to the sounds around us as well the seconds it takes to read the words.
Third Movement
The words were cut in the shape of plexi transparency boxes. The movement ends after the addition of fractions with the concept of the golden mean. The golden mean symbolizes Robert Rauschenberg’s proportions of the paintings. It is also a symbol of complete interpenetration where one is unbiased to the likes and dislikes. Representation of the words in that shape indicates the direction of their movement of the golden mean.
The words were cut in the shape of plexi transparency boxes. The movement ends after the addition of fractions with the concept of the golden mean. The golden mean symbolizes Robert Rauschenberg’s proportions of the paintings. It is also a symbol of complete interpenetration where one is unbiased to the likes and dislikes. Representation of the words in that shape indicates the direction of their movement of the golden mean.
The grid was inspired by the eye element since it reflects the visual sense and the sitting position of meditation cross-legged. I took the shape of the circle as my main element of connecting points to each other depending on body points accordingly. That way I was able to develop a grid of connecting points that communicated the position of sitting meditation.
