In the year 2000, in a small east German town, work began on the construction of an organ that had one purpose: to perform John Cage’s ORGAN2/ASLSP (1987) for precisely 639 years. The late avant-garde composer’s only instruction for the piece was to play the piece ‘as slowly as possible’. And so in 2001 –
What a wonderful article. So a few questions 🙋 Is it so loud you can hear it outside the building?
Do you feel like the sound affects you?
Do you think it will actually go on for 600+ more years? If so do you think it will still be so analogue?
Do you think it might go digital?
Do the people of the town enjoy having this art/music piece bestowed upon them?
Now I want to visit on off peak season 😂🎶