Right now Before we go anyplace else I want you to go with me to a special place, that i know It's a museum But, it isn't an ordinary museum It's a very abstract museum in which they show sound paintings If you can say that you show sound But, i don't see why you can't But, here we are in this corridor Some of the most beautiful works of art are here Here's one, right here This is by a very fine young artist Here, let me turn it on
That sold for two thousand dollars Makes a lot of money, actually, doing these things But now i'd like to turn your attention to this work by an artist who is a World war one veteran Actually i don't feet that this, for me, says what he intended itto say And yet there are those who listen to it and it says a great deal to them Well here, i'll turn it on and you'll see what i mean
You can see that he uses limited color range, of course that's understandable I'm glad that it's here, though But, enough of that lets go on to the next work i want you to see Now this is a sound painting, that is indicative of the neurotic feeling of our time The artist is very young, shows great promise, and i'm glad that the work is exhibited here Let me turn this painting on
I think you can see my point, now the artist that did this, fortunately, is under seditives at the Moment and we expect that his later work will be much calmer and quieter But we do like to give these young neurotic artists a chance
And so i'm glad that the museum has been big about the whole thing, if it were But, lets go on because there's one work here that's been done by jonnes cunningham This is a professer from another country ,actually, but his work is reveared here
We have quite a few of his works, but this particular one i want you to listen to very carefully Because it has an exquisite sense of rythym This is a young man who has six children, and it's amazing to me that he can Turn out this kind of work at home, with the children around But he says that they help him If you'll read it, cunningham says "dedicated to my six children"
Well here, i'll turn it on and you can hear it for yourself It's just beautiful Yes, that is one work that the museum should well be proud of However, i would like to have you come with me now and we'll open this black door at the end of The corridor, here I won't be able to keep it open very long, and i think you'll understand why Here, i'll open it, like this, just a crack, and you listen
See what i mean? I'll close the door There's a reason it's black Here, let me open up this door It's just covered with beautiful colors And, we'll hear what's on the other side of this door