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John Cage’s Rozart Mix, realized by artist Aaron Dilloway.

Oct 23, 2021: 12pm- 6pm

John Cage Trust

Bard College, 1309 Annandale Road | Red Hook, NY 12571
https://www.johncage.org/

Rozart Mix at the John Cage Trust. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Aaron Dilloway. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Aaron Dilloway plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

C. Lavender plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Cutting tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Cutting up Tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Installation view at the John Cage Trust. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Installation view in the archive. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Installation visitors. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Outside The John Cage Trust. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Quintron cuts tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Quintron plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Robert Turman plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Rosie Actor-Engel plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Rozart Mix. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Rozart Mix Score. Photographed by Emy Martin, courtesy of The John Cage Trust. (Oct 23, 2021)

Staircase installation view. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Twig Harper plays tape. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

View of original score. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 23, 2021)

Rozart Mix in the Library. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Oct 21, 2021)

Rozart Mix website event banner image. Poster by John Wiese. (Sep 29, 2021)

Realized by former Wave Farm Resident Artist Aaron Dilloway, the 2021 Rozart Mix installation at the John Cage Trust was an expansive, multi-level, visual, and sonic work, with collaborating tape players including Rosie Actor-Engel, Twig Harper, C. Lavender, Quintron, Robert Turman, and John Wiese.

In keeping with Cage's score, a minimum of 88 tape loops were employed. The tape loops ran on 12 reel-to-reel decks positioned in various rooms and floors of the John Cage Trust building, winding up stairs and around furniture. Visitors, who registered in advance for scheduled indoor sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were immersed in a kinetic and audible drawing. Outdoors, visitors were welcomed with hot cider for an durational stereo mix of the installation, which was also streamed online at wavefarm.org/listen. A live FM radio broadcast took place on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM from 4 - 6 p.m.

As in the first performance of Rozart Mix in 1965 at Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, the content on the tape loops included field recordings as well as voices; however, in this new iteration, the sound materials were sourced from the over 100 volunteer programmers who contribute programming on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM. The event served as a culminating celebration of WGXC's 10th Anniversary year.