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49 WALTZES FOR THE 5 BOROUGHS
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Cage constructed his 'waltzes' as a series of multi-colored triangles superimposed on the Hagstrom map of New York City. Wanting to celebrate Cage's memory, Don Gillespie decided to collect the sights and sounds from all the specified locations. This project took a year to complete. Its subject is unintentional music made by people, birds, planes, automobiles, police and fire sirens, and more. Deciding that 2 hours was an optimal length, composer Andrew Culver, was asked to determine the durations of the 147 locations. Using Cage's computerized I Ching software, Culver arrived at durations from 16 seconds to 3:44. The film is also an video time capsule of a New York that has long changed.

Release Date: 12/9/2008

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