Blanton Museum puts on Music Circus by John Cage
the blanton museum of art presented john cage's music circus, where art/music/dance intersect. it was great! there were things happening all over the museum at the same time, we found at least 4 musical acts and dance by the good people at ballet austin
looks like they are closing in on her...
no where to run...
no escape...
choreographed by michelle thompson (red dress above)
blanton museum musician-in-residence, steve parker, tromboned a soundscape in this dark nook.
large band with fun sounds and instruments, guy held up different symbols towards the musicians.
we also watched a great jazz band. they did their own version of Nuclear War by Sun Ra.
"what you gonna do? without your ass? it's a muther-f..."
(found that yo la tengo also cover nuclear war)
Mission/Missions (How to build a Cathedral) by Cildo Meireles
this room was going wild, kids were playing with all those pennies. we usually tell the kids not to touch... but we got a bit out of hand.
the museum docent came over and made it clear "the kids are NOT allowed to lay on the pennies". now we know, you can pick them up and drop them, but not lay on them. now we know where our limit is.
we enjoyed this event! thanks to all who helped make it happen.
