On a cold winter's night in 1968, a phone rang in an apartment on Spadina Road. The man who answered it was named Lowell Cross; he was an American student at the University of Toronto. He'd come north to write his thesis on the history of electronic music, studying under Marshall McLuhan among others. Soon, he would become known as "the inventor of the laser light show," but he was already experimenting with new technologies — combining electronic music with electronic visuals. One of his multimedia projects had just been featured at Expo '67 in Montreal. He was gaining quite a reputation. That's why his phone was ringing. John Cage was calling.
Marcel Duchamp & John Cage Play Musical Chess
Marcel Duchamp & John Cage Play Musical Chess…
Marcel Duchamp & John Cage Play Musical Chess
On a cold winter's night in 1968, a phone rang in an apartment on Spadina Road. The man who answered it was named Lowell Cross; he was an American student at the University of Toronto. He'd come north to write his thesis on the history of electronic music, studying under Marshall McLuhan among others. Soon, he would become known as "the inventor of the laser light show," but he was already experimenting with new technologies — combining electronic music with electronic visuals. One of his multimedia projects had just been featured at Expo '67 in Montreal. He was gaining quite a reputation. That's why his phone was ringing. John Cage was calling.