PhilipCorner

Biography
Philip Corner (b. 1933 in New York City, New York, USA, lives and works in Reggio Emilia, Italy) is an American interdisciplinary composer, artist, and writer. As a performer of New Music, he made multifaceted use of classical instruments of Western cultures as well as those peculiar to the Balinese-Javanese Gamelan tradition. Corner’s time in Korea during military service influenced a later fascination with the harmonies of traditional Korean music as well as calligraphy studies with Kim Ki-sung, inspiring his renowned calligraphic scores. Back in New York, he met George Maciunas and, from 1961 onwards, participated in numerous Fluxus concerts, exhibitions, and festivals. Corner is the author of the score for Piano Activities, the legendary premiere of which was presented at the Fluxus Internationale Festspiele Neuester Musik Festival in Wiesbaden in 1962. Corner’s original score was unrestricted but coherent, providing for the manipulation of the instrument and its strings; the performers interpreted the instructions with exaggeration, tearing apart the grand piano with rough noises of destruction and subsequently auctioning off the pieces to the audience. Through Alison Knowles, Corner met Francesco Conz in Asolo, initiating a prolific, lasting partnership. Such collaborations with Conz and Pari & Dispari motivated Corner’s retirement from professorship, after which he relocated to Reggio Emilia, Italy. In addition to performing internationally and having an extensive discography, his scores and poetic works are part of international collections, including those of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Virtual Museum of Avant-Garde based in Zagreb, Croatia.
Artworks (39)
- Philip Corner
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Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner, Robert Delford Brown, Jean…
On This Stove Many Meals Were Cooked by Francesco…, 1997 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner
Gong +, 2002 - Philip Corner
Piano "Worked", 1983 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Metal Meditation, 1997 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Piano Piece by George Maciunas - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner
Una settimana di detti / Seven Sayings, 1978 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner, Alain Gibertie, Eilen Gruber,…
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1992 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 1978 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Untitled - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Orgasm fountain, 1995 - Philip Corner
La più bella donna del monde, 1979 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Vittore Baroni, Sergio Cena, Jakob de Chirico,…
BAU 3, 2007 - Philip Corner
(Just) Imagining (Just) That - Ay-O , Eric Andersen, Henning Christiansen,…
Fluxus Virus 1962-1992, 1992 - Philip Corner
Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus…, 1979 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner
Piece of Reality: Rythm, 1995 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982 - Philip Corner
Untitled, 2002-2006 - Philip Corner, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1985 - Philip Corner
More from the Judson Years (Early 60´s),…, 2004 - Philip Corner
Word-Voices, 1997 - Philip Corner
One Note Once, 1982