In week 2’s lectorial we discussed the composer John Cage, and his piece 4’33”, which is 4 minute and 33 seconds of a pianist not playing his piano.

It raises questions such as: What defines music? Or what is silence? In class we had a short burst of silence, and discovered that the longer it goes on the louder the background noises become, electronic whirring, people breathing, cars in the background etc…

Here is a video of the performance courtesy of Joel Hochberg on Youtube.