An educational tribute
During my senior year at Wayne State University, I created an extensive interactive project about the life of the composer and artist John Cage. The project described Cage's unique work and philosophies using visual effects, sound, and text. Cage's work, especially later in his career, was based on chance and "exploring non-intention" (in his most famous composition, 4'33", the performer does not play a single note). My piece conveys these ideas by creating a multimedia experience that the user must navigate using intuition and chance. The result is my attempt to honor this extraordinary artist.
Screenshot of the project. Here the user chooses to either "play" or "learn." The letters move around randomly.
Screenshot #2. When the user mouses over the colored lines, they make different sound effects. The resulting sound composition is based on "non-intention," or chance, because the user does not know what will happen ahead of time.
Screenshot #3. Cage's theory of non-intention.
Screenshot #4
Screenshot #5. An introduction to Cage's famous piece, 4'33."