Ocean
John Cage’s original concept of Ocean, in 1991, was for a dance to be performed in a circular space, with the audience surrounding the dancers, and the musicians (112 of them) surrounding the audience. The last performance was in the Rainbow Quarry in Minnesota, September 2008, at which time the piece was filmed by Charles Atlas.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2010 |
| Director | Charles Atlas |
| Runtime | 100 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.5/10 (1 votes) |
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The film constructs a meditative record of the performance, relying on the stark contrast between the industrial quarry and the organic flow of live music. It explores spatial relationships through camerawork that immerses the viewer within the circular audience.
What lingers after viewing is the sensation of having attended a singular, ephemeral event where sound, movement, and environment became one cohesive organism. It’s an artifact of a moment that cannot be replicated. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Charles Atlas
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With immersive sound, in darkness, to fully experience the spatial acoustics.
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