9 evenings: theatre and engineering

Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

1966

Signed by all 40 artists and scientists

The Ragnar 100

Description

The poster seen here—an offset lithograph designed by Robert Rauschenberg—announces 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering, a landmark series of experimental performances that marked a turning point in collaborations between artists and scientists. Issued in a signed edition, the lithograph features small photographic portraits of all participants, including John Cage, Yvonne Rainer, and David Tudor, with the forty signatures of the artists and engineers printed beneath their images.

Conceived by Rauschenberg together with Bell Labs engineer Billy Klüver, 9 Evenings brought ten artists and thirty engineers to the 69th Regiment Armory in New York, where they staged performances exploring sound, light, and motion. The evenings introduced unprecedented technical innovations. Closed-circuit television and video projection were used on stage for the first time, an infrared television camera captured action in complete darkness, and a Doppler sonar device translated movement into sound.

These performances laid the groundwork for the formation of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), which from 1967 onward organized international projects that sought to expand the artist’s role in shaping social and cultural responses to emerging technologies.

E.A.T News (Vol 1 No 1, January 15, 1967)) by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1967

E.A.T News (Vol 1 No 1, January 15, 1967)) Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)1967 Ephemera

Some More Beginnings by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1968

Some More Beginnings Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)1968 Book

Flies Charles "Chuck" Csuri1966 Print

Klartexte Timm Ulrichs1966 Mixed Media

Untitled Choreogramme Photograph by Otto Beckmann, 1966

Untitled Choreogramme Photograph Otto Beckmann1966 Print

UV Light Choreogramme by Otto Beckmann, 1966

UV Light Choreogramme Otto Beckmann1966 Oscilloscope

Untitled Computer-Generated Choreogramme (for Otto Beckmann) by Frieder Nake, 1966

Untitled Computer-Generated Choreogramme (for Otto Beckmann) Frieder Nake1966 Plotter

Hommage à Paul Klee by Frieder Nake, 1966

Hommage à Paul Klee Frieder Nake1966 Plotter