The Art of No-Art

Published by Recital, California
Edited by Sean McCann
Unnumbered pages, 21 x 29.5 x 2.5 cm.
First edition, numbered 96/100
containing:
- 385 scores written between 2019 and 2022 by Philip Corner
  See also Unique "the Art of No-art set I (1-52) & set II (53-114)" No. FX0014
- Printed cardboard by Philip Corner "Life's a Joke"
  19.5 x 25.5 cm., numbered 96/100
- Card with digital audio to download which features recordings
  of many scores from the book, played on a variety of instruments
  by Agnese Toniutti, Rhodri Davies, Sarah Davachi, Derek Baron,
  Philip Corner, Matt Hannafin, Charlie Morrow, Zachary Paul
  and Silvia Tarozzi.


Audio program note:

- 01 The Art of No-Art — (Sean McCann, collage)
- 02 #1 — (Philip Corner, piano)
- 03 #2 -free interpretation- — (Charlie Morrow, piano)
- 04 #111 — (Rhodri Davies, harp)
- 05 #170 'Hymn to Erzulie' — (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
- 06 #172 'Oh My Soul' — (Sarah Davachi, piano)
- 07 #185 — (Derek Baron, piano)
- 08 #204 — (Derek Baron, piano)
- 09 #219 — (Derek Baron, piano)
- 10 #235 — (Derek Baron, piano)
- 11 #311 — (Matt Hannafin, percussion)
- 12 #361 'Elemental My Dear' — (Zachary Paul, violin)
- 13 #378 — (Philip Corner, piano)
- 14 #385 — (Silvia Tarozzi, violin)
- 15 #XX2 — (Deborah Walker, cello)

In 2019 Philip Corner sent to Luigi Bonotto "The Art of No-Art", no. FX0014
a suite for piano composed of two volumes of 114 handwritten graphic scores and 17 drafts.
In 2022 the Recital label publishes the complete volume composed of
the scores present in the Collection and many others, for a total
of 385 meditative graphic scores written by Philip Corner between 2019 and 2022.
Each score is a single-page meditation based around octaves.
Though written mostly for piano, the scores could be arranged for other instrumentation
(for those with fewer than an 8 octave range)