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Version of experimental radio project called "In Determining John Cage" broadcast in September 2012 on WGXC. The project was part of 120 Hours for John Cage, a celebration of Cage's works for radio organized to mark Cage's centennial and curated by free103point9 and the John Cage Trust.

"In Determining John Cage" is an experimental adaptation of Cage's1959 performance-essay "Indeterminacy." It consists of ten 1-minute stories and ten 1-minute musical compositions which were written entirely independent from each other and paired at random to create a 10-minute performance. Because the pairing of story and music is determined only by chance, it is unlikely that any two performances will be exactly the same.

"In Determining John Cage" was conceptualized by Michael Garofalo, Shonni Enelow, and Josh Hoglund. Michael Garofalo composed and recorded the music. Shonni Enelow wrote and performed the text with Josh Hoglund directing.

In Determining John Cage

Broadcast introduction, spoken by Shonni Enelow, to "In Determining John Cage."

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Michael Garofalo is an electro-acoustic musician and documentary radio producer. 

Using analog synthesizers, lamellophones, field recordings, and found sounds he crafts pieces that reside in a sonic territory between incidental music for radio/television and eccentric synthpop. 

He was a founding member of the improvising trio Latitude/Longitude (active 2004-2010). Today, he performs solo and with like-minded artists. 

Recent collaborations include the experimental radio piece, "In Determining John Cage" (2012), with Shonni Enelow and Josh Hoglund, and an outdoor installation-performance at Groundswell (2014), "Black Mirror Picnic," with Laura Ortman and Bryan Zimmerman. 

Michael's documentary radio work can be heard nationally on public radio as part of the long-running StoryCorps series.

He is a transmission artist with the nonprofit arts organization Wave Farm/free103point9.

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