Ingrid Mueller Art + Concepts and Motion Ensemble present John Cage’s
Sculptures Musicales as realized by the Montreal-based duo Les Moineaux D’Entendre with special guest Andrew R. Miller.
The event will happen at 9 p.m. on Friday, November 6 2009 at Ingrid Mueller Art + Concepts located at 117 York Street, Fredericton
Sculptures Musicales was conceived by John Cage in 1989 after an idea from the artist Marcel Duchamp: "Sounds lasting and leaving from different points and forming a sounding sculpture which lasts"
Sculptures Musicales was composed for the Merce Cunningham dance "Inventions". Each musical "sculpture" is a plurality of three or more static sounds that come from performers or loudspeakers distributed throughout the performance space. This piece is considered by some to be Cage's most deliberately aggressive piece.
Moineaux d’Entendre (Nadia Francavilla and D’Arcy Philip Gray) have been performing together in various situations for over 20 years. A fusion between performance and sound art, Les Moineaux d'Entendre bring together influences from 60's avant-garde and modern underground electro-pop. The group's first project, Décagé ("Uncaged"), premiered at the Montreal Fringe in June 2006. They have since played other concerts across Canada and in some parts of Europe.
Support for this event comes from the City of Fredericton and the Canada Council for the Arts.
