McLuhan Thinkers Converge in Toronto First International McLuhan Conference and Festival

TORONTO, ON — The legendary media theorist Marshall McLuhan will be celebrated in Toronto at the most significant gathering of McLuhan thinkers and creators ever assembled. Then I Now I Next: International Conference and DEW Line Festival runs from November 7 to November 10. Registration is now open.


http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/event-advisories/mcluhan-thinkers-converge-in-toronto/

Alvin Lucier (and His Artist Friends) at Wesleyan University’s Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts

Exhibition curated by Andrea Miller-Keller opens during Alvin Lucier: A Celebration at Wesleyan University, a three-day festival that includes a symposium, concert series, and film screenings.  

The exhibition in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Alvin Lucier (and His Artist Friends), curated by Andrea Miller-Keller, will offer a broad and colorful overview of the composer’s distinguished career over nearly six decades, including a collection of audio presentations, performance videos, scores and archival memorabilia. A special section will include both a presentation of Mr. Lucier’s landmark 1969 piece, “I Am Sitting in a Room” and an exploration of its widespread influence on other artists over the past four decades.  It will also examine the sources of inspiration and exchange of ideas among Mr. Lucier and his some of his artist-friends, including Sol LeWitt, John Ashbery, John Cage and others

November 4–December 11, 2011

Center for the Arts
Wesleyan University

283 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT

Game Theory at the Cornish Main Gallery through October 19

“Game Theory ,“ a group exhibition examining chance, participation and play in art practices opens September 8 at the Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery, 1000 Lenora Street. Curated by Cable Griffith, the exhibit was inspired by the inquiries into chance operations by Cornish legends Merce Cunningham and John Cage and will be accompanied by a series of music, dance and theater performances by Cornish students and faculty. The opening reception is September 7 from 5-8pm. The show runs through October 19.


http://www.seattleartblog.com/?p=2357

"John Cage" authors Fake Steve Jobs Advice Book

This one caught my eye - a fake Steve Jobs advice book printed in Taiwan and authored by non other than "John Cage." This is apparently a very common practice in China, as they obsess over the succes of the Apple co-founder.

http://news.techeye.net/internet/fake-steve-jobs-advice-book-made-in-china

This brings up an interesting parallel between Jobs and Cage that I have no doubt was lost on everyone involved except me.