The show is organized into three main sections. These are rearranged everyday in different places on the walls, according to a random pattern generated by a computer program. Finally, Circus is a large room exhibiting works by visual artists whom Cage admired. The arrangement of the artworks is also regrouped randomly every day, using a computer program, with some works being displayed in new combinations and others temporarily rotated out of the pubic exhibit, to be stored to one side. The following is a rough log of some of the thoughts that occurred to me as I strolled through Rolywholyover on that Tuesday in June.
Numbers correspond to exhibited works listed in the show's brochure.
Calithumpian Rattle, c. 1850. Huge wooden gears to turn against an iron tongue when the contraption is cranked, snapping the metal tongue against each of the gear's teeth. Cage's tongue is iron too, and produces a rowdy wedding music. But he also knows about winnowing, the gears needed for the job. Brass with its walnut case.