Peer review hybrid collaborations in the 1960s & 70s [featuring interviews with Elsa Garmire, Jane Livingston, Julie Martin, John Pearce, Maurice Tuchman, Robert Whitman ; produced by Steven Duval, Ryan Waggoner ; a production of the Spencer Museum of Art]
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1970 : Osaka, Japan) Search this
Physical description:
1 videodisc (approximately 40 min.) sound, color, with black and white sequences 4 3/4 in
Type:
Exhibitions
Documentary films
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
2015
20th century
Notes:
Originally produced in 2015
Interviewees: Elsa Garmire, Jane Livingston, Julie Martin, John Pearce, Maurice Tuchman, and Robert Whitman
Summary:
"In 1966, Maurice Tuchman, curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), introduced the Art and Technology program (A&T). A&T's mandate, which was peripheral to the museum's activities, was to promote an exchange between artists and the corporate world. Tuchman selected California companies capable of supporting art projects, ... Tuchman then went about selecting American and European artists from all disciplines (visual arts, music, literature, etc.) whose proposal had the greatest potential of generating productive dialogue with industry. Tuchman and his colleague, curator Jane Livingston, ... oversaw the multi-year project's logistics and assumed responsibility for its materials production. ... During the late 1960s another project that set out to facilitate collaborations between artists, scientists, and technologists was Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). Launched by engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhauer and artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman in 1966, ... This became the first of many projects that continue today. The pinnacle of E.A.T. activity is generally considered to be the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. ... The original structure consisted of a geodesic dome covered by a water vapor cloud sculpture, designed by Fujiko Nakaya. Architect John Pearce and Physicist Elsa Garmire ..."--Opening credits
