4′33″ Digital, Tacet 1, 2, 3

LL 2007-05-13 06:23:25
Sand, rest assured that I am playing John Cage's piece right now.

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Sand 2007-05-13 08:40:59
And I am listening with great appreciation since your innovation requires no instrument and has attained the status of conceptual art.

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LL 2007-05-13 21:06:54
Sand - what a fabulous response. I can hear the applause now.

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Sand 2007-05-13 21:30:20
I'm always appreciative of a skilled artist and a great performance.

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"4′33″ Digital, Tacet 1, 2, 3" performed for 4 minutes and 33 seconds, then communicated and documented via Windows XP Pro running in a virtual machine on a MacPowerBook Pro, over a high speed cable connection to the Internet, by Linda Lane, in Seattle, Washington, USA, May 13, 2007 for Jan Sand in Helsinki, Finland. "4′33″ Digital, Tacet 1, 2, 3" is based on John Cage's "4′33″, a three movement piece for the piano, originally premiered August 29, 1952, at Woodstock, New York, performed by David Tudor.

Lane's prior work in homage to Cage, a performance piece consisting of many found objects suspended by transparent fishing line tied to bicycle wheel rims over a platform, and carried by two men, performed at Cornish, Seattle, Washington in 1981, and broadcast live over public radio.

Dedicated to my Mom, on Mother's Day.