{"product_id":"john-cage-a-mycological-foray","title":"John Cage: A Mycological Foray","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImagined as an extended mushroom-foraging expedition, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Cage: A Mycological Foray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e gathers together Cage’s mushroom-themed compositions, photographs, illustrations and ephemera. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIndeterminacy Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and other writings by Cage are interwoven throughout the first volume within a central essay examining Cage’s enduring relationship with mycology. Also included is a transcript of Cage’s 1983 performance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMUSHROOMS et Variationes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. The second volume is the inaugural reproduction of Cage’s 1972 portfolio, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMushroom Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, authored in collaboration with illustrator Lois Long and botanist Alexander H. Smith. Readers are thus drawn through the landscape of Cage’s mycologically centred oeuvre and interests, discovering assorted works, images, compositions, philosophies and ephemera, as one might encounter assorted fungi and flora while foraging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Cage: A Mycological Foray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e constitutes a new, idiosyncratic chapter in Cage’s oeuvre, a departure from the composer’s more established narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmerican composer and music theorist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1912–92) was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music and a leading figure of the postwar avant-garde. His influence extended to the realms of dance, poetry, performance and visual art.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Dale Zine Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536992256182,"sku":"vxb1789959665233","price":45.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/0640\/8118\/files\/john-cage-a-mycological-foray_1.jpg?v=1789959670","url":"https:\/\/oilfiltercap.shop\/products\/john-cage-a-mycological-foray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}