John Cage ou les histoires du doute

John Cage’s Silence defines experimentalism: it both delineates and practices a theory of experimentalism. It is an aesthetic theory as much as an aesthetic of theory. The present article shows the importance of the stories that Cage disseminated throughout the book. In spite of their marginal situa...

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Main Author: Vincent Broqua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2015-03-01
Series:Transatlantica
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7041
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description John Cage’s Silence defines experimentalism: it both delineates and practices a theory of experimentalism. It is an aesthetic theory as much as an aesthetic of theory. The present article shows the importance of the stories that Cage disseminated throughout the book. In spite of their marginal situation in Silence, they turn out to be a pivotal performance of Cage’s experimentalism informed by his philosophical skepticism.
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spelling doaj.art-226eecdecc684427ad37c1d3b9c92a2f2022-12-22T02:28:55ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662015-03-01210.4000/transatlantica.7041John Cage ou les histoires du douteVincent BroquaJohn Cage’s Silence defines experimentalism: it both delineates and practices a theory of experimentalism. It is an aesthetic theory as much as an aesthetic of theory. The present article shows the importance of the stories that Cage disseminated throughout the book. In spite of their marginal situation in Silence, they turn out to be a pivotal performance of Cage’s experimentalism informed by his philosophical skepticism.http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7041CageSilencescepticismeexpérimentalthéorie esthétique
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John Cage ou les histoires du doute
Transatlantica
Cage
Silence
scepticisme
expérimental
théorie esthétique
title John Cage ou les histoires du doute
title_full John Cage ou les histoires du doute
title_fullStr John Cage ou les histoires du doute
title_full_unstemmed John Cage ou les histoires du doute
title_short John Cage ou les histoires du doute
title_sort john cage ou les histoires du doute
topic Cage
Silence
scepticisme
expérimental
théorie esthétique
url http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7041
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