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John Cage had this exhibition in Cambridge. He was known for his different kinds of music and his 1952 composition in which his music was so random. He also used randomness in his hard and it determined his entire exhibition from which stones were chosen to what would be painted around the stones. He also used computer generated coordinates to determine the heights and positions of the pictures while also using a random process to add and remove different pieces during the exhibition as well!
This is important because it starts talking about how certain artists can afford to give up control so he uses computation as a way to make “no mistakes”. Everything has a purpose even if its randomness.
Sometimes randomization also came from solutions. This stained glass window was actually created as a solution to a Sudoku puzzle. So, broken down by row and column, it’s solutions defined the color and types of the stained window.
