Research and Project so far

1. Unconscious Play
Major Studio 2
Mini-Thesis
Midterm
Presentation
Xu Jia

2. Water Walk, John Cage, 1960

3. Dadaism and Fluxus
Questions the division between the rarefied
artistic sphere and ordinary life.
Black Mountain College, similar origin as
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy
Twombly.
Active Artist in Fluxus: Joseph Beuys and
John Cage

4. John Cage’s music theory
1937 The Future of Music: Credo
Music: organization of sound
late 1940s: Indian Philosophy and Zen
Buddism
chance-controlled music
In a 1957 lecture, Experimental Music, he
described music as "a purposeless play"

5. Chance Operation
Set a number of clear parameters, and then carefully
formulate questions, which chance operation would
“answer”.

6. Chance Operation
Introducing chance into art making has a number of
important consequences: it diminishes the control over
the artistic product, and it mirrors the randomness of
everyday life.

7. My Chance Operation
A system: A series of instruments as
interactive interface.
Set hidden rules for the audience to
play with randomness
Mix physical sound and digital sound

8. New Technology
• Physical computing
• Max/Msp
• 3D Printing/Laser Cutting
• Material: transparent plastics, metal