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Homage to John Cage - Composition In Retrospect

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Bonsai: Sound Miniature "Homage to John Cage - Composition In Retrospect"
"Bonsai is unique form of acoustic art with unlimited time span ..."
"... some things changeD others not ... "

Composition of text fragments (Composition In Retrospect) and voice of John Cage, recorded during his visit to Bratislava in 1992:
...
My
mEmory
of whaT
Happenned
is nOt
what happeneD
...
iMitations
invErsions
reTrograde forms
motives tHat are varied
Or
not varieD
...

"Homage to John Cage - Composition In Retrospect" – is not a dance- is not music – is resonance – is walk round the memory – is invisible sculpture – is unique form of abbreviation – is art of concentration of a story- is walk round the gardens of sonic images – is message- is a form of magic.
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Exactly after 17 years, I returned to sound material that I had recorded in 1992 (DAT - recording) during the visit of John Cage in Bratislava (several weeks before his demise – celebration of his 80th birthday). Duration of the whole voice recording was over 1 hour. I have created "Bonsai" – a short form of radioart with duration limited up to 300 seconds.  We have started to broadcast this format sucessfully and regularly on Radio Devín in 2007.
 "Homage to John Cage - Composition In Retrospect" was first broadcasted on January 23, 2009 at Radio Devin – the artistic channel of Slovak Radio. 
This Bonsai was composed from text fragments of John Cage´s lecture in Bratislava, held at the Sovak Philharmonic on June 19, 1992. The experience of this "symphony of spoken word" was very strong for me and therefore I have endeavoured to create a kind of sonic sculpture in this symbolic form. It is an attempt at unique abbreviation, art of concentration of a story, walk round the gardens of sonic images. This fascinating experience has become an acoustic imprint of a moment with the outstanding composer back in 1992.
Original text recording: June19, 1992 - Bratislava, voice: John Cage
Text recording, concept, music, editing, mixing: Juraj DURIS - January 2009
Broadcast: January 23,2009 - Rádio Devín (Slovak Republic)
*) Bonsai is an autonomous programme format created in the Experimental Studio of Slovak Radio and broadcasted regularly on Radio Devín – the arts channel of Slovak Radio. The Bonsais are short radio-art pieces, sound miniatures, ranging from original music compositions, through mini-dramas, poetry, noise compositions to remixes of sound material from other programmes.

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