John Cage and the Possibility of conceiving Sound as an Event. Philosophical Approaches to his Work

As part of a philosophical approach to John Cage's musical work we establish in this article some reasons to conceive sound as an event beyond any matter of significance. Relying on Badiou, Derrida and Lyotard, respectively, we conclude that sound can be very well considered as otherness, as a logical vacuum and as an instance taken separately from image. A history is assumed far apart from the Idea, which amounts to an.enigma that transforms listening into an activity which beyond any visual paradigm or function can open into new areas for thinking and daily reflection.