Experiments in Art & Technology Northwest Reunion 1966
> 2002 Symposium
University of Washington, Seattle, October 25/26, 2002
Friday, October 25, 8pm > Meany Hall
University of Washington An evening with founders of the E.A.T. organization established
in 1967 in New York City, and West Coast premiere of a newly edited documentary
film, Open Score,
Robert Rauschenberg’s performance from the legendary 1966 "9 Evenings"
series in NYC.
Master of Ceremonies: David Ross, former director of Whitney Museum of American
Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Presenters >
Billy Kluver (ex-Bell Laboratory engineer and co-founder of E.A.T.)
Robert Whitman (multimedia artist, E.A.T. co-founder)
Julie Martin (New York E.A.T. staff)
David Ross
Lobby artwork: Composite, Julia Cole and Timea Tihanyi
(MFA candidates, University of Washington); Chris Ewing and Josh Parmenter,
PhD candidates, Music
Tickets: $8 general admission; $4 students.
Advance tickets >
UW Arts Ticket Office
University of Washington
4001 University Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98105
Phone: 206-543-4880 / 800-859-5342
Fax: 206-685-4141
Tickets also available at the door October 25. Box office opens at 7pm.
Saturday, October 26, 10-12:30am / 2:30-4pm >
Henry Art Gallery Auditorium
University of Washington Morning, 10-12:30 am: Conversation with the founders and
artists of E.A.T. chapters in Seattle and Portland.
Films and other visual documents will be presented, including the first animation
of the human figure on computer.
Participants >
LaMar Harrington (founder, Seattle E.A.T. chapter, former Associate Director
of the Henry Art Gallery)
William Fetter (Seattle art director, 1927-2002 – Son Brant Fetter
will make presentation)
Doris Chase (Seattle artist)
Bob Brown and Frank Olvey (Seattle filmmakers)
Don Paulson (Seattle light show artist)
Jack Eyerly (founder, Portland E.A.T. chapter)
Gary Ewing (Portland light show artist and graphic designer)
Robin Oppenheimer (Seattle media arts historian, moderator)
Afternoon, 2:30pm: "The Artist as Cultural Capital:
Re-thinking E.A.T. in 2002"
A discussion addressing past and current challenges for artists working with
new technologies in corporate environments such as Microsoft and Xerox PARC.
Participants >
Alvy Ray Smith (computer animation artist, co-founder of Pixar, and first Graphics
Fellow at Microsoft)
Carolyn May (Seattle Interactive and Broadband Digital Media Consultant)
Rich Gold (Director, Xerox PARC Artist In Residence program)
Billy Kluver (E.A.T. founder)
David Ross (former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art and San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art)
Patricia Failing (Professor of Art History, University of Washington, moderator)
Admission is free.
Programs and Exhibitions in Conjunction with the E.A.T. Symposium Henry
Art Gallery
University of Washington
October 1-November 17, 2002
Robert Rauschenberg: Booster
and Test Stones
Robert Rauschenberg was an artist-founder of E.A.T., together with Robert Whitman.
Gallery 6 features one of Rauschenberg’s best-known graphic works, Booster.
Produced in 1967, Booster was donated to the Henry’s
permanent collection in the same year the Gallery acquired a suite of seven
additional Rauschenberg lithographs, Test Stones.
The complex relationship between Test Stones and
Booster, with its full-scale X-ray, illustrate the
experimental curiosity that attracted Rauschenberg to E.A.T.
September 6–October 27, 2002 Kisses Sweeter than Wine
(1966) and other E.A.T.-related films
The Henry’s Media Gallery features screenings of newly edited documentary
footage from the seminal "9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering," featuring
Kisses Sweeter than Wine, a multimedia performance
by Öyrind Fahlström. In addition, documentation of key performances
by E.A.T. artists Robert Rauschenberg (Linoleum,
1966), Robert Whitman (American Moon, 1960) will
be on view.
September 6–December 1, 2002
Hans Haacke: Wind Room
German artist Hans Haacke was commissioned by the Henry to create Wind
Room under the auspices of E.A.T. Northwest for the Gallery’s
1969 exhibition, "Art and Machines: Motion, Light and Sound."
The Henry presents recently rediscovered photographs and other documentation
of this site-specific installation, which is related to Haacke’s
early explorations of self-contained systems
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery
University of Washington School of Art
October 22 -November 13, 2002
"The Story of E.A.T. 1960 – 2002 by Billy Kluver"
E.A.T.-related films by New York and Northwest Artists
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents an exhibition illustrating Billy Kluver’s
history of the founding of Experiments in Art and Technology, accompanied by
a brief overview of Northwest chapters of E.A.T., founded in 1968. The gallery
will also feature continuous screenings of performances by several E.A.T. artists,
including newly edited documentary footage of "9 Evenings: Theatre and
Engineering" performances by Robert Rauschenberg and Öyvind Fahlström
and films by Northwest E.A.T. artists.
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is located on the first floor of the Art Building,
132 Art, near the main entrance on Stevens Way.
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-4
Phone 206-685-1805
September 21-November 10, 2002
Gary Ewing Light Fantastic Residency
Portland-based light show artist Gary Ewing will create an installation based
on his work in the genre over the past four decades. As artist in residence,
Ewing will project video light works on the exterior of Bellevue Art Museum
in addition to his multimedia video projection project inside the galleries.