Andrew Culver (born August 30, 1953) is a composer whose works have included chamber and orchestral music, electronic and computer music, sound sculpture and music sculpture, film, lighting, text pieces, and installations. He performs concerts with sound sources of his own invention that are based on the tensegrity structural principle as elaborated by Buckminster Fuller, a life-long influence. August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Sound sculpture (related to sound art and sound installation) is a multimedia artform in which sculpture produces sound or the reverse. ... In mechanics and biomechanics, tensegrity or tensional integrity is a property of objects with components that use tension and compression in a combination that yields strength and resilience beyond the sum of their components. ... Richard Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller (July 12[1], 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor. ...

Culver worked for 11 years with John Cage, helping to realize his compositional and poetic works and direct his operas and installations. For Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ...

Culver's largest work is Ocean 1—133 (1994, 2006), the orchestral component of Ocean, which was conceived by John Cage and Merce Cunningham, with choreography by Merce Cunningham, electronic music by David Tudor, and design by Marsha Skinner. Merce Cunningham (born April 16, 1919 in Centralia, Washington, United States) is an American dancer and choreographer. ... David Eugene Tudor (January 20, 1926 - August 13, 1996) was a pianist and composer of experimental music. ...

Culver develops databases and software to realize his work and to make chance operations accessible to others. ic is his computer simulation of the I Ching coin-tossing oracle. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...

Culver also writes about music, art, and anarchy. He is the founder of Anarchic Harmony Foundation and the inventor of the Anarchic Philharmonic. For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). ... Anarchism is a political philosophy or group of doctrines and attitudes centered on rejection of any form of compulsory government (cf. ...

See also

• Sonde
• John Cage
• Merce Cunningham
• Buckminster Fuller
• I Ching's influence

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External links

• Anarchic Harmony Foundation
• Anarchic Philharmonic
• ic