What were we all doing here? My 600-mile trip to hear an organ play a D natural
www.spectator.co.uk
In the year 2000, in a small east German town, work began on the construction of an organ that had one purpose: to perform John Cage’s ORGAN2/ASLSP (1987) for precisely 639 years. The late avant-garde composer’s only instruction for the piece was to play the piece ‘as slowly as possible’. And so in 2001 –
  • clonedhuman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I love this so much.

    Imagine being a resident of that town and one day the constant, unending low hum in the background of your hometown changes, ever so slightly–would the town feel different?

    These sorts of arty weirdnesses should be everywhere, for everyone.

    Here’s a free link to the full article: https://archive.ph/rHOsC

    And here’s a video of the chord change, set from right around the moment of the change (which isn’t terribly different): https://youtu.be/L1a1CpaBovQ?t=1041

    • M137@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      It would have been good if it had a nice sound, it’s sounds absolutely horrible IMO.

    • mrmule@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      What a wonderful article. So a few questions 🙋 Is it so loud you can hear it outside the building?

      Do you feel like the sound affects you?

      Do you think it will actually go on for 600+ more years? If so do you think it will still be so analogue?

      Do you think it might go digital?

      Do the people of the town enjoy having this art/music piece bestowed upon them?

      Now I want to visit on off peak season 😂🎶