{"product_id":"9780520948426","title":"Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits","description":"In \u003ci\u003eExperimental Otherwise\u003c\/i\u003e, Benjamin Piekut takes the reader into the heart of what we mean by \"experimental\" in avant-garde music. Focusing on one place and time—New York City, 1964—Piekut examines five disparate events: the New York Philharmonic’s disastrous performance of John Cage’s \u003ci\u003eAtlas Eclipticalis\u003c\/i\u003e; Henry Flynt’s demonstrations against the downtown avant-garde; Charlotte Moorman’s Avant Garde Festival; the founding of the Jazz Composers Guild; and the emergence of Iggy Pop. Drawing together a colorful array of personalities, Piekut argues that each of these examples points to a failure and marks a limit or boundary of canonical experimentalism. What emerges from these marginal moments is an accurate picture of the avant-garde, not as a style or genre, but as a network defined by disagreements, struggles, and exclusions.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123036307696,"sku":"9780520948426","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780520948426_p0.jpg?v=1763710585","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780520948426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}