How would you react to encountering a mirror for the first time?

John Cage’s performance, 4:33, takes anticipation to a new level: the artist sits at a piano in a public space (like Harvard Squre) and performs a “silent piece” with no noise whatsoever except the crowd’s chatter.  Cage’s interest in the extra-sonic qualities of music is evidenced by his book Notations, a collection of written music notation “chosen by circumstances.”  The […]