[silence] John cage and the use of silence in art

[Ralph Lichtensteiger]

you may find something in these resources:

Participants/Contributors: Miekal And, Yassine Aissaoui, John M.  
Bennett, Anne Bichon, Stephanie Boisset, Arthur Chandler, Claude  
Chuzel, Thanos Chrysakis, Lowell Cross, A. P. Crumlish, Alvin Curran,  
Doyle Dean, James Drew, Jude D'Souza, Karlheinz Essl, Raymond  
Federman, Jesse Glass, Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Peter Gutmann, Gordon  
Hempton, J. K. Harsman, Martin Hawes, August Highland, Justin Katko,  
Matthias Kaul, George Henry Koehler, Richard Kostelanetz, Tamara Lai,  
Fabien Lévy, Ralph Lichtensteiger, Ian S. Macdonald, Kenney Mencher,  
Mike Pearson, Harry Polkinhorn, Friedhelm Rathjen, Lothar Reitz,  
Mitchell Renner, Terry Rentzepis, Kathleen Ruiz, Scott, Michael  
Shandrick, Mike Silverton, Damon Smith, Rod Stasick, Beat Streuli,  
Lun-Yi Tsai, Lawrence Upton, Tracy Youells, Dan Waber, Louise Waller,  
Sigi Waters (soon), Todd Weinstein, John Whiting ...

http://www.lichtensteiger.de/stories.html

and

http://www.lichtensteiger.de/Silence-Stories.pdf

and

http://www.lichtensteiger.de/cage01.html

and

[pdf] | Ivica Ico Bukvic, University of Cincinnati, College- 
Conservatory of Music, (ico@fuse.net) · Abstract: Despite its  
emancipation in the latter part of the 20th century, the integration  
of silence into the very fabric of musical expression, particularly  
in electroacoustic music remains limited. This may be in part  
attributed to its unique and seemingly limiting traits, but perhaps  
most importantly to the lack of methodology by which its assimilation  
could be successfully expanded. By associating the notion of silence  
with the mathematical paradox of the number 0 it is my intention to  
offer a set of ideas and exercises by which an artist could expand  
their utilization of this unique member of the musical language. ...

http://spark.cla.umn.edu/archive2005/SPro_sec4.pdf

kind regards,
ralph li
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