John Cage Performs James Joyce

John Cage Performs James Joyce

Synopsis

A private performance by John Cage realising his Writing For The Fifth Time Through Finnegans Wake in three ways: reading, singing, and whispering using I-Chin chance-operation: Chinese fortune-telling.

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Taken by means of I Ching chance operation... from Finnegans WakeJohn Cage