APG at Ten Thousand Things (Musicircus)

The culmination of Ten Thousand Things was a Musicircus held at the Goat Farm and included the Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency and the Chamber Cartel.

 The APG performed Anarchy, Empty Words (Parts II and IV, simultaneously) and a selection from "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued 1967" from A Year From Monday.

Below is a map of the room at the Goat Farm where the Musicircus showing the positions of all of the performers. 

Here is a recording of the event from the Empty Words location (indicated by a box in the map below). You can hear Empty Words II (John Selvidge) fairly clearly most of the time, but you have to squint your ears to hear Empty Words IV. At minute the entire room performs 4'33" (and you can hear the freight train passing by fairly clearly).

Here is another recording from the location of Zac doing "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued 1967". 

And some photos:

Ten Thousand Things: APG @ The Goat Farm Sept. 6, 7 and 9

In honor of the 100th birthday of John Cage

This experience is created by:

The Atlanta Poets Group
Chamber Cartel
Bent Frequency
The CORE Performance Company

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Performances:

Sept 6 | The Ten Thousand Things | 8 pm

Sept 7 | Four4 | 8 pm 

Sept 8 | Herron Mastrian Duo | 8 pm

Sept 9 | MUSICIRCUS | 3 pm
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The Ten Thousand Things is a four-day celebration (September 6-9) of the work of John Cage (1912-1992)-- a luminary in 20th century avant-garde music, poetry, and visual art--on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Presented by the Goat Farm and curated by The Atlanta Poets Group, Bent Frequency, and Chamber Cartel, the events promise listening experiences rare in the worlds of music or literature.

Among these are a performance of four simultaneous virtuosic solos, an evening length percussion work, a soprano and percussion duo, and a multivoice realization of a mesostic.

The culminating event of The Ten Thousand Things is a "Musicircus," a collage-style musical happening of simultaneous, multiple performances: audience members are invited to stroll around the performance venue and partake in pieces that are of interest to them at that particular moment. Please join us to celebrate John Cage's 100th birthday and revel in sound and silence!

APG will be performing on the 6th, 7th and 9th. Hope to see you there!

Check out the Goat Farm's Facebook page for more details.