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Artist

Robert Ashley

spoken word avant-garde experimental minimalism

Last updated: 9 hours ago

Ashley studied at the University of Michigan and at the Manhattan School of Music. The main influences on his composition were <a href="spotify:artist:0NvRCfbmQFCAnfb9YQseem">Mumma</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1Z3fF5lZdCM0ZHugkGoH8s">Cage</a>. Together with <a href="spotify:artist:0NvRCfbmQFCAnfb9YQseem">Mumma</a> and visual artist Milton Cohen, the artists created Space Theater, multi-media works that utilized dance, sculpture, light projections, and electronic sound. <a href="spotify:artist:0NvRCfbmQFCAnfb9YQseem">Mumma</a> and Ashley also worked together to found the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music and helped establish the ONCE Festival and the Sonic Arts Union. Ashley began to compose video operas in the late '80s, one of which is Perfect Lives (Private Parts).

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