Section 5: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side A: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side B: Drift Study 31 I 69 Ca. 12:17:33-22:17:33 PM
Title
Section 5: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side A: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side B: Drift Study 31 I 69 Ca. 12:17:33-22:17:33 PM
Side A: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side B: Drift Study 31 I 69 Ca. 12:17:33-22:17:33 PM
Subject
Experimental music; Minimalist music; Chance operations; Drone music; Sound poetry; Just intonation; Sine wave composition; Language poetry; Fluxus; Avant-garde music; Sustained tones; Electronic music; Conceptual music; Performance art
Description
Experimental music; Minimalist music; Chance operations; Drone music; Sound poetry; Just intonation; Sine wave composition; Language poetry; Fluxus; Avant-garde music; Sustained tones; Electronic music; Conceptual music; Performance art
Creator
Mac Low, Jackson, 1922-2004 (Composer/Poet, Side A); Young, La Monte, 1935- (Composer, Side B)
Publisher
Roaring Fork Pres (New York, N.Y.)
Date
Fall-Winter 1970-1971
Contributor
Graham, Dan, 1942-2022 (Issue Editor); Maciunas, George, 1931-1978 (Issue Designer); Johnson, Phyllis, 1926-2001 (Publisher); Berge, Carol (Performer, Side A); Holst, Spencer (Performer, Side A); Mac Low, Iris Lezak (Performer, Side A); Waldman, Anne, 1945- (Performer, Side A); Zazeela, Marian, 1940- (Collaborator with
Relation
Is part of Aspen Magazine No. 8 (Fall-Winter 1970-1971); Mac Low's "Young Turtle Asymmetries" part of "Asymmetries 1-501" series; Young's "Drift Study" part of "Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery" (begun 1966), itself subsection of "The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys" (begun 1964); Mac Low co-published "An Anthology of Chance Operations" with La Monte Young (1963); Mac Low influenced by John Cage, early Fluxus affiliate, progenitor of Language poetry; Young pioneered minimalism, influenced Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, collaborated with Marian Zazeela on Dream House installations (first: Church Street, September 1966-January 1970)
Format
8-inch square flexidisc; 33⅓ RPM; Two-sided recording
Language
English
Type
Sound recording; Flexidisc; Phonograph record; Experimental music; Sound poetry; Drone composition; Chance composition; Audio artwork
Coverage
Temporal: 1965-1971
Spatial: New York, N.Y. Aspen, CO.
Collection
Citation
Mac Low, Jackson, 1922-2004 (Composer/Poet, Side A); Young, La Monte, 1935- (Composer, Side B), “Section 5: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side A: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side B: Drift Study 31 I 69 Ca. 12:17:33-22:17:33 PM,” Exhibits, accessed March 25, 2026, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29591.
Side A: Young Turtle Asymmetries
Side B: Drift Study 31 I 69 Ca. 12:17:33-22:17:33 PM,” Exhibits, accessed March 25, 2026, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29591.