Volume 13: Silence/Presence

It has been nearly a decade since the last time the Journal of Black Mountain College Studies published a volume about John Cage. This volume plunges the depths of silence and finds richness in the sounds and stories that appear where there may have first seemed absence.

A Quaker History of Black Mountain College

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I don’t know

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 13 Home Journal by Volume Volume 13 Volume 12 Volume 11 Volume 10 Volume 9 Volume 8 Volume 7 Volume 6 Volume 5 Volume 4 Volume 3 Volume 2 Volume 1 About JBMCS For Contributors I don’t know Tom Murphy (performed by...

What Constitutes Silence?

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 13 Home Journal by Volume Volume 13 Volume 12 Volume 11 Volume 10 Volume 9 Volume 8 Volume 7 Volume 6 Volume 5 Volume 4 Volume 3 Volume 2 Volume 1 About JBMCS For Contributors What Constitutes Silence? Blanca Bercial...

What Constitutes Silence?

What Constitutes Silence? Blanca Bercial I came to San Francisco in 2018. The first sound that got my attention were the sirens, a constant reminder of alarm. The second, was the desire for silence; a myriad of headphones covering people’s heads. Using audio...

I don’t know

I don’t know Tom Murphy (performed by Tom Murphy and Ted Pope) I don’t knowhow far outis out theredon’t know+++don’t know++++++tongue and groovetool and dieJohn and Merce++++++far outnot out therelooking leapt++++++they’re out,far out,past the Be-In++++++leapt...

A Quaker History of Black Mountain College

A Quaker History of Black Mountain College Alex Ates Quiet House (interior). The pews were carved by Quaker Black Mountaineer Molly Gregory. Accessed and reproduced with permission of the Western Regional Archives, State Archives of North Carolina. Introduction:...

Runescores in [Cage(d) Time] | Strategies of Scoring Indeterminacy

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The Art of Patience and Hesitation

Journal of Black Mountain College Studies Volume 13 Home Journal by Volume Volume 13 Volume 12 Volume 11 Volume 10 Volume 9 Volume 8 Volume 7 Volume 6 Volume 5 Volume 4 Volume 3 Volume 2 Volume 1 About JBMCS For Contributors The Art of Patience and Hesitation Maria...

Black Mountain College: Eclipsing the Local in Artworld Memory

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For John Cage on his 75th Birthday (1987)

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Volume 14 Contributor Bios

Volume 14 Contributor Bios Queer Life at Black Mountain College (Fall 2023) Kyle Canter is a master’s student at Hunter College, where he is finishing his thesis on photography at Black Mountain College. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Stella Douglass...

Volume 13 Contributor Bios

Volume 13 Contributor Bios Silence/Presence (Spring 2022) Alex Ates is an educator, writer, and theater-artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is currently a teacher at Westtown School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. MA from New York University, MFA from The University...