26'1.1499" For A String Player

The read

It runs a compact 42m.

Synopsis

This tape is Jud Yalkut's video realization of Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik's concert performance of John Cage's composition 26'1.1499" For String Player. In this extraordinary performance, which is manipulated and synthesized by Yalkut, Paik and Moorman play Cage's score on a collection of "instruments" that include a pistol, a dish of mushrooms, balloons, a practice aerial bomb, and a telephone call to President Nixon.

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Key crew

• Jud YalkutDirector

Cast

• Charlotte MoormanCast
• Nam June PaikCast