John Cage Tribute: Landscape Under Construction
A member of bend of bay recently participated in a recording of John McDonough’s John Cage tribute “Landscape Under Construction.” This recording will be part of “The Radio Pieces,” a two CD set forthcoming from mode records. In addition to Landscape Under Construction, the set will include Radio Music, Imaginary Landscape #4, and world premiere recordings of Speech and WBAI.
Landscape Under Construction is performed using boom boxes. In this particular realization, all CDs were performances released as part of mode records’ Complete John Cage Edition. Performers were given a score which generally contained instructions as to when to start or pause the CD, or raise or lower the volume. Some parts required more decisions on the performer’s part or prior preperation. A clock served as conductor.
More pictures from the session can be found on this Flikr page by vidiot, from which this image was taken.