John Cage From Zero: Four Films On John Cage By Frank Scheffer & Andrew Culver

Dutch director Frank Scheffer collaborates with Andrew Culver for a series of four short films celebrating the theories and music of avant-garde composer John Cage.

19 Questions: Cage answers questions on a variety of subjects.

Fourteen: The Ives Ensemble performs Cage's composition of the same name, filmed with multiple cameras using chance operations to determine the position, angle, focus and aperture settings of each shot.

Paying Attention: Scheffer and Culver combine separate audio and video portions from an interview with Cage.

Overpopulation And Art With Ryonji: Scheffer combines the audio of Cage's spoken performance with his musical piece for four voices and percussion.

Dutch director Frank Scheffer collaborates with Andrew Culver for a series of four short films celebrating the theories and music of avant-garde composer John Cage. In 19 QUESTIONS, Cage answers questions on a variety of subjects. In FOURTEEN, the Ives Ensemble performs Cage's composition of the same name, filmed with multiple cameras using chance operations to determine the position, angle, focus, and aperture settings of each shot. In PAYING ATTENTION, Scheffer and Culver combine separate audio and video portions from an interview with Cage. And in OVERPOPULATION AND ART WITH RYONJI, Scheffer combines the audio of Cage's spoken performance with his musical piece for four voices and percussion.