Comments for MCDBlog http://sfmcd.org/blog Behind the scenes at the Museum of Craft and Design Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Chance Encounters: In Conversation with Justin Hoover, Curator and Gallery Director of SOMArts by Justin Hoover http://sfmcd.org/blog/?p=34#comment-14 Justin Hoover Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:02:41 +0000 http://sfmcd.org/blog/?p=34#comment-14 Thanks for visiting Brett. Your adroit analysis of the the medium being the message is a great place to being the conversation. Yes, we did curate this show in a "pan-media" way in order to show the multifarious legacy of Cage. In influence spans more than music, dance, and visual art, and has entered into veritably every aspect of cultural production. On the eve of his centenary we can't help but look to him as one of our creative pillars; a forebearer of today's multimedia landscape. Chance in the arts also spans cultures and ethnicities, with every culture adopting some use of chance in their customs and traditions. Regardless, I love what the MCD is holding in store since you've taken on this position and I look forward to challenging and engaging programming. Many thanks again in the new year. Justin Hoover Thanks for visiting Brett. Your adroit analysis of the the medium being the message is a great place to being the conversation. Yes, we did curate this show in a “pan-media” way in order to show the multifarious legacy of Cage. In influence spans more than music, dance, and visual art, and has entered into veritably every aspect of cultural production. On the eve of his centenary we can’t help but look to him as one of our creative pillars; a forebearer of today’s multimedia landscape. Chance in the arts also spans cultures and ethnicities, with every culture adopting some use of chance in their customs and traditions.

Regardless, I love what the MCD is holding in store since you’ve taken on this position and I look forward to challenging and engaging programming.

Many thanks again in the new year.

Justin Hoover

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