Cycnos | Numéros | Volume 20.2 - La représentation en question -Microlectures-

Résumé :

The lay-out and arrangement of the Ryôan-ji garden in Kyoto (Japan), especially as shown in Ozu’s film Late Spring (1949), raises the issue of the irregular and the unpredictable in art. The relationship between the sand of its surface and the fifteen stones which disrupt its surface is fundamentally enigmatic. Some time after visiting the garden, John Cage started to collect stones and composed a piece inspired by the garden. This article, a synthesis of the author’ lecture, attempts to show how the concept of representation is made to slip.

Date de publication : 2005-06-25