First in New York and then in Venice, I coordinated the tribute exhibition to John Cage following a few months his death, hosted at the Granai delle Zitelle (Venice’s ancient granaries on the Giudecca Island). The show, curated by Alanna Heiss, Giulio Alessandri, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, and Angela Vettese, also included a second venue at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection featuring a series of John Cage’s edible drawings.
John Cage.
Il suono rapido delle cose
June 13 — October 10, 1993
Venice Biennale, Venice
Poster of the exhibition John Cage. Il suono rapido delle cose, Venice Biennale, Venice
Me talking with curator Giulio Alessandri inside the John Cage exhibition at the Granai delle Zitelle, Venice Biennale, Venice (June 1993).
In conjunction with the exhibition, P.S.1 The Institute for Contemporary Art, New York and Mudima Foundation in Milan released the CD Caged/Uncaged, produced by John Cale with contributions by David Byrne, Debbie Harry, Ars Hell and Mutt, John Zorn, Chris Stein, Amy Denio, David Weinstein, and Shelley Hirsch, Lee Ranaldo, Ann Magnuson and John Cale, Jello Biafra and Eugene Chadbourne, Lou Reed, Elliott Sharp, and Joey Ramone interspersed with numerous excerpts of Cage himself. (Duration: 54 minutes). The whole record is available at http://bit.ly/2W5nrKD.
