Reading Blog #2

Cage likes to use the piano as a tool that he likes to experiment with. I remember reading about him in the Art In The Making for Tooling up chapter for my art class last semester. He would put different objects in and on the piano to see what type of sounds it would make. He would add nails on the string and the nail would roll between as he played the piano. When he went on tour with Cunningham he could carry nails and rubber bands to modify whatever piano came to Hand. Cage has inspired many artists like Robert Rauschenberg, David Tudor and Alvin Lucier to use different types of instruments and objects in their work. Artists like Laurie Anderson have used audio tape for a bow to experiment with different sounds. This reminds me of when I was in high school during one of our band and orchestra concerts we would use bubble wrap and pop them to mimic the sounds of the fireworks. So really anything can be music or art if you really put your thought and time in.