Date: 20 December 2008
Time: 1-2pm
Participants: Chong Jun Kiat, Lennon Ng, Ng Sin-Ee, Annabelle Yap
Details: Cage and its Transcendence is a workshop inspired through the study and analysis of John Cage's 4'33'' silent piece. Instead of learning through the eyes or visual perception, participants will be taught to learn and draw with the sense of hearing. Participants are free to experiment and articulate. The purpose of this workshop is to provide an alternative method of perceiving, also hoping to train their observation skill.
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Some students can't make it on 14 Dec so I did a replacement for them.
The exercises and the music were the same. Do refer to the above link for workshop details. And here are some pictures of them:
Chong Jun Kiat who seemed to pay more attention to the radio.
Lennon Ng who did some pretty imaginative drawings during the workshop. 
Lennon's sister - Sin-Ee. Doing alright.
The very attentive and obedient Annabelle Yap.
Leaving them to surmise, they thought I was playing a fool; sticking their ears onto the speaker, disbelieved in the 'silent piece' while I disregarded their complaints and kept asking them to listen carefully.
List of samples.
There was actually (to me) quite a big difference considering their reactions to the music compared to the previous group on 14 Dec. This batch embarked on a more physical approach, so the silent piece was difficult for them to realize themselves before I clarified and illustrated what the previous group had drawn. Even for the music, instead of drawing what they could feel, they inclined to draw the instruments who produced the sound...turned out like a guessing game.
It wasn't wrong though.
1 comment:
how nice if we could hear their version of 4 min 33 sec. :7
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