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> From: Randall Packer <[email protected]>
> Date: February 18, 2004 10:00:30 AM EST
> To: Media List: ;
> Subject: Tribute to Billy Kluver at National Gallery of Art
>
> "The Story of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology): A Tribute to
> Billy Kluver"
> A dialogue between Randall Packer and Julie Martin
> Sunday, March 7, 2:00 pm
> National Gallery of Art
> East Building Auditorium
> Washington, DC
>
> With the passing of scientist Billy Kluver last month, an important
> chapter came to an end in the history of art and technology. On
> Sunday, March 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium of the
> National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC media artist Randall Packer,
> joined by Kluver's widow and long-time collaborator Julie Martin, will=
> discuss the numerous achievements of Billy Kluver and E.A.T
> (Experiments in Art and Technology). They will explore his pioneering
> embrace of collaboration between artist and engineer, encouraging both
> a new role for the scientist in the advancement of social issues and
> new approaches to technology. Kluver collaborated on seminal works by=
> such artists as Jean Tinguely, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg,
> Jasper Johns, John Cage, and Robert Whitman, many of whom are in the
> Gallery's collection. The presentation will also feature a screening
> of the filmOpen Score,showcasing Robert Rauschenberg's collaborative
> performance work included in "9 Evenings of Theater and Engineering,"
> which led to the formation of E.A.T. in 1966.
>
> The lecture is free and open to the public.
>
> For additional information on the Billy Kluver tribute and E.A.T.:
>
> E.A.T. NET : http://www.eatnet.org
> National Gallery of Art (what's new) :
> http://www.nga.gov/highlights/highlite.htm
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