John Cage's 4'33'' Piece of Silence and Its Impact on Artistic Multiplicity and Identity

Abstract

Abstract

Traditional arts are always associated with the promoting of an idea, such as the idea of national identity, or personal and societal feelings or expressions, which makes it conditional on guiding and directing a certain type of ideas and feelings to a certain group of people with the aim of delivering a specific message. The problem with the study is that these arts are always directive and does not fit the opposite side of these categories. As for the experimental arts, its role lies in the formation of a pure, impersonal artistic medium directed at all people, far from focusing on any nationalism to share the pure idea of the artwork with everyone without any implied hints. Thus, that the work is open to all, and its message is universal. The research focuses on the importance of experimental artwork in our time and its impact on national identity considering globalization and plurality/multiplicity of identities in the performance situation, so that work is open to all identities, whether national or artistic, by making it impersonal, undirected, unique, and directed to all. The aim of the study is to apply and analyse the piece by the experimental American composer John Cage’s 4'33'' for its important role in removing musical rules and breaking any nationalist ideas on stage, and for being a non-representational artistic product that invites the public to listen to unique acoustic moments.