John Cage
Biography
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.
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Acting History
2023
Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Self (archive footage)
2020Symphony Of The Invisible as Self (voice)
2020Twinkle Dammit!
2019Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self (archive footage)
2015Everybody's Cage as John Cage
2012John Cage: Journeys in Sound as Himself
2012How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage) as himself
2006Cursive II
2005Trying to Describe Oneself as Himself
2001In the Ocean
1995John Cage: From Zero as Self
1992One 11 and 103
1991Concept tape 3 (Performance)
1990John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It as Self
1990John Cage: Man and Myth as Self
1989Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint as Self
1989Mr. Hoover and I
1985All Star Video as Self
1984Good Morning, Mr. Orwell as Self
1983Four American Composers: John Cage as Himself
1982Poetry in Motion as Self
1979Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective as Self
1979Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
1976A Tribute to John Cage
1973Global Groove as Self
1973John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point
1972American Art in the 1960s as Self
1968498 Third Avenue as Self
1966John Cage
1966Sound?? as Himself
1966Variations V
1962Merce Cunningham as Self
1944At Land
—Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83) as John Cage
—John Cage Meets Sun Ra as Himself