Music, Mushroom, Mechanisms: The John Cage Listens to John Cage 50th Anniversary

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Friday, October 04, 2024

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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10/04/2024 06:30 PM 10/04/2024 08:00 PM America/Anguilla Music, Mushroom, Mechanisms: The John Cage Listens to John Cage 50th Anniversary The event features a pop-up exhibition and live lecture-performance by Dr. Timothy James, Curator of Fungi at the University of Michigan Herbarium, and Detroit Bureau of Sound. They will each present on their areas of expertise, followed by a collaborative performance inspired by Cage's legacy. The exhibition includes Cage’s "The Mushroom Book" (1972), documentation from the original "John Cage Listens to John Cage" performance, and other archival materials. Highlights include The Cage Bag, contributions by Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni, and a sample of the mushroom species Stropharia Rugoso-Annulata collected by Cage. The program is complemented by a campus-wide mushroom hunt on Saturday... Details & Tickets: https://www.upcomingevents.com/detroit/events/cranbrook-art-museum/music-mushroom-mechanisms-the-john-cage-listens-to-john-cage-50th-anniversary-299605?ref=uceaddevent Cranbrook Art Museum, 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304

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The event features a pop-up exhibition and live lecture-performance by Dr. Timothy James, Curator of Fungi at the University of Michigan Herbarium, and Detroit Bureau of Sound. They will each present on their areas of expertise, followed by a collaborative performance inspired by Cage's legacy. The exhibition includes Cage’s "The Mushroom Book" (1972), documentation from the original "John Cage Listens to John Cage" performance, and other archival materials. Highlights include The Cage Bag, contributions by Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni, and a sample of the mushroom species Stropharia Rugoso-Annulata collected by Cage. The program is complemented by a campus-wide mushroom hunt on Saturday, October 5, at 10am, meeting at the Cranbrook Institute of Science.

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