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2020 | 68 | 12 | 155-164

Article title

John Cage, Fluxus and the Musicality of Nam June Paik

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John Cage, Fluxus and the Musicality of Nam June Paik

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PL
John Cage, Fluxus i muzykalność Nam June Paika Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest analizie performance’u Nam June Paika. Autorka sugeruje, iż twórczość Paika, szczególnie po roku 1960, można uznać za wyjątkowo „muzyczną,” jeżeli spojrzy się na nią przez pryzmat Cage’owskiej muzyki-jako-działania. U Paika elementy słuchowe, wizualne i teatralne są zespolone w taki sposób, że performance staje się siłą jednoczącą i nadającą znaczenie. Autorka kończy artykuł argumentem, iż wpływ Cage’a był kluczowy, jeśli chodzi o rozwój dorobku twórczego Paika, skierowany w stronę eksperymentów w zakresie telewizji i wideo.
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In this paper, I offer an analysis of the performance art of Nam June Paik that suggests his works, especially those from the 1960s, are essentially “musical” when viewed through the influence of John Cage’s notion of music-as-action. In Paik’s work aural, visual, and theatrical elements are integrated such that performance becomes a unifying and meaning-generating force. I conclude by suggesting that Cage’s influence set the tone for Paik’s expansion into the experiments with television and video that would occupy him for the remainder of his career.

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68

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12

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155-164

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2020-12-23

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References

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