In the summer of 2011 Christine Lucia and I called on Tom Johnson at his home in Paris, and he invited us to two imminent events: the launch of Bernard Girard's Conversations avec Tom Johnson at the Cité de la Musique and an exhibition of his drawings at the Gallerie Lara Vinci. When I met Tom in October 2018 to interview him for the present publication, I began by asking him about his drawings and exhibitions, along with more recent compositions, including those where he has worked with jugglers. We also discussed all his music in greater depth and referred to other musicians as we proceeded. This ‘update’, therefore, does not simply follow on from 2011 to 2018, chronologically: it begins with Johnson imagining the categories his music might fall into, continues with a discussion of new work interrupted by two detours about other work, and ends with current and future work.

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迈克尔·布莱克在 2018 年与汤姆·约翰逊的对话

2011 年夏天，我和 Christine Lucia 拜访了 Tom Johnson 在巴黎的家中，他邀请我们参加两个即将举行的活动：Bernard Girard 的 Conversations avec Tom Johnson 在 Cité de la Musique 的发布和他的画展在 Cité de la Musique拉拉·芬奇画廊。当我在 2018 年 10 月遇到汤姆为本出版物采访他时，我首先询问了他的绘画和展览，以及最近的作品，包括他与杂耍演员合作过的作品。我们还更深入地讨论了他的所有音乐，并在我们进行时提到了其他音乐家。因此，这个“更新”不仅仅是从 2011 年到 2018 年按时间顺序进行的：它从约翰逊开始想象他的音乐可能落入的类别开始，接着是对新作品的讨论，被其他作品的两次绕道打断，