AV festival – review

Sage, GatesheadThis year marks the 100th anniversary of John Cage's birth, the 20th anniversary of his death, and 11 years since the commencement of the longest concert in history – a performance of Cage's ASLSP (As Slow As Possible), played on the organ of an abandoned church in Halberstadt, which is scheduled to continue for a further 628 years.The opening weekend of the fifth AV festival, subtitled As Slow As Possible, paid tribute to Cage with a series of works of punishing duration. Film-...

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