Test yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise? - Hanako Sawada
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In 1960, composer John Cage went on television to share his latest work. But rather than using traditional instruments, Cage appeared surrounded by household clutter, including a bathtub, ice cubes, a toy fish, a rubber duck, several radios, and performed “Water Walk.” Most people watching had the same question: is this even music? Hanako Sawada explores the boundaries between music and noise.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Hanako Sawada
- Director
- Héloïse Dorsan Rachet
- Narrator
- Pen-Pen Chen
- Music
- Jarrett Farkas
- Sound Designer and Mixer
- Weston Fonger
