[spectre] Fwd: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) Revisited APRIL 5 & 6

[Oliver Grau]

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> From: Julie Harrison <jharriso at stevens.edu>
> Date: Wed Mar 19, 2008  8:34:43  pm America/New_York
> To: Julie Harrison <jharriso at stevens.edu>
> Subject: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) Revisited APRIL 5

> & 6
>
> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
> Please join me for a weekend (or part of one) of Experiments in Art 
> and Technology (E.A.T.), founded in 1966 by engineers Billy Klüver
and 
> Fred Waldhauer, and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman,
to 
> provide artists with access to new technology and to promote 
> collaborations between artists and engineers. I've attached a poster

> and press release in pdf format for further information. 
>
> All events take place at Stevens Institute of Technology, Babbio 
> Center (River & 6th Streets) in Hoboken, NJ and are free and open to

> the public. Sponsored by Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center and 
> the Art & Technology Program at Stevens Institute of Technology.
>
> Saturday, April 5, 2008
>
> 2:00 * Exhibition opening   *E.A.T. Revisited: Documents and
Works* 
> (through April 28). Included is an installation of photographic 
> documentation entitled The Story of E.A.T.: Experiments in Art and 
> Technology, 1960*2001 by Billy Klüver; a selection of classic 
> works: Floats by Robert Breer and Silver Clouds by Andy Warhol; and
an 
> installation of new works, *Transduced Objects,* created in a
workshop 
> inspired by David Tudor*s *Rainforest,* taught by John Driscoll
and 
> Phil Edelstein to artists and students from both Stevens Institute
and 
> Harvestworks.
>
> 3:00 * Panel   *Art and Technology, Historical and Current 
> Perspectives* with panelists Robert Whitman, Julie Martin, John 
> Driscoll, Steve Bull, Scot Gresham-Lancaster and Anne Swartz
(Savannah 
> College of Art and Design), moderated by Julie Harrison (Stevens 
> Institute of Technology).
>
> 5:30 * Performance   Cellphonia: Tempo Variable (Cellphonia: 
> Changeable Weather by Steve Bull and Scot Gresham-Lancaster, with
Phil 
> Edelstein, Hans Tammen,  and Brooks Williams * a surround sound 
> memorial concert for John Cage and David Tudor in which live 
> performance, cellphone calls, transduced objects, and synthetic
voices 
> are mixed by the musicians and the neural synthesis ETANN, 
> or electronically trainable analog neural net, developed by Forrest 
> Warthman and Scot Gresham-Lancaster for David Tudor.
>
> 6:15 * Reception to meet the artists, panelists, and organizers
>
> Sunday, April 6, 2008  (suggested donation $5, free to students and 
> seniors)
>
> 1:00 * Film Screening   *9 Evenings: Theater & Engineering*
include 
> Robert Rauschenberg*s Open Score; John Cage*s Variations VII; 
> Öyvind Fahlström*s Kisses Sweeter than Wine and a work-in-progress
on 
> David Tudor*s Bandoneon!. Producer Julie Martin and director 
> Barbro Schultz Lundestam, will be present to introduce the films and

> answer questions.
>
> Hope to see some of you there!
> Cheers,
>
> Julie Harrison,
>
> (If you'd like to be taken off this e-mail list, please reply to this

> e-mail and I'll be glad to remove your name. Apologies for any 
> cross-posting).
>