Milan Adamčiak — >zwanzig nach< könig für jazzquartett & m.p.m.per orchestra da camera

Due to the recent passing (16 January 2017) of Milan Adamčiak at the age of 70, we invite the visitors of the Virtual Gallery to explore a part of his work / scores that the gallery was able to acquire in 2007. Milan Adamčiak was a unique solitary character, a legend, an experimenter, a musicologist, a composer and a key figure of Slovak multimedia art. Adamčiak devoted his research to the visual relationship between music and fine art. He created experimental poetry, graphical scores. He was an active musician and performer. He created many “original” instruments, which can be interpreted as ready-made. The titles of both pieces /visual scores/ refer to music and its terminology. I find it appropriate to call the artist a Slovak “John Cage” (they knew each other personally). The Fluxus aesthetics typical for the unique work of the artist opens various possibilities for our own interpretation of the musical, visual and literary worlds.