As part of the Walker’s 75th anniversary we are releasing a variety of clips from the Walker’s archives. In this spot, John Cage discusses the idea that the a piece of art can mean very different things to different people. Cage had a long association with the Walker starting in the 1960s with Merce Cunningham.
Il Treno di John Cage: In Italy, a Historic “Happening on Wheels”
"A 'prepared' train, as envisaged by John Cage, would be a large-scale equivalent of Cage’s 'prepared piano,' but one in motion." In a posthumously published writing, former Walker director Martin Friedman recalls Il Treno di John Cage (1978), a three-day musical train ride across Italy.
Composer John Cage's visits to Minneapolis often veered toward the unexpected--from a late-night reading of James Joyce with Tony Smith to Sunday-morning mushroom hunting in a church yard. A recollection of one visit from former Walker director Martin Friedman.
In this PSA for the Walker, Danny Glover—shown with George Segal's The Diner (1964–1966)—discusses the Walker's short-lived art video check out service called Home Screenings. Glover was featured in a retrospective of his films as part of the Walker's filmmaker dialogues series in December 1992.
