The New Yorker‘s great Alex Ross (The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century) alerts us to the first major museum exhibition in years devoted to “arch-magus of the musical avant-garde,” John Cage. Unfortunately, though, it’s happening not in America (nor is it scheduled to), but in Barcelona at its Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA).
The Anarchy of Silence?¢‚Ǩ¬ù examines Cage?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s work in various media and his impact on all forms of contemporary art…including manuscripts, scores, personal possessions, audio examples, film and video material.
It also, of course, includes as a highlight Cage doing his “Water Walk” on the television game show, I’ve Got A Secret. Cage’s appearance there follows below:
Alex Ross: Cage In Barcelona