![]() Mack: Welcome to another episode of Phantom Power, a show about sound in the arts and humanities. : Cages Echoes Of The Anechoic by Mack Hagood Special thanks to Monique Rooney and Australian Humanities Review. Original music and sound design by Mack Hagood. Today’s show was written and edited by Mack Hagood. * Helen Rees’ book Echoes of History: Naxi Music in Modern China (Oxford, 2011) * Amit Pinchevsky’s book Echo (MIT, 2022) * Shani Diluka’s performance of “Glassworks: Opening” by Philip Glass ![]() * The album Naxi Live by Jang San and the Dayan Naxi orchestra ![]() * Terry Gross’s 2014 Fresh Air interview with Trevor Cox * The video Can Silence Actually Drive you Crazy by Veritasium * John Cage’s book Silence (Wesleyan, 1961). * John Cage’s 1959 album with David Tudor, Indeterminacy * Nam June Paik’s 1973 video Global Groove * Mack’s essay “Cage’s Echoes of the Anechoic,” in AHR Issue 70 (2022). Writing and media content featured in this episode: To use a term Cage loved, the truth is indeterminate.įor our Patreon members we have bonus content: Mack’s “What’s Good” segment. But what do we really know about what happened there? And what could we ever know about such an event? In this audio essay, based on a piece that first appeared in the Australian Humanities Review, Mack Hagood explores the relationship between sound, self, and meaning-making. Ironically, the tale of Cage’s experience in that space has echoed through history, affecting our understanding of silence, sound, and the self. The chamber was designed to completely eliminate echoes. Today we explore the mythology around John Cage’s visit to the anechoic chamber. Rate us easily on your platform of choice
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