New Media Reader: Ch. 14

Chronology:

• 1966: E.A.T. was founded by Billy Kluver, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Whitman, and Fred Waldhauer as a medium for experimental art
• 1967: E.A.T. press release
• 1972: Billy Kluver publishes "The Pavilion"

Summary:

• Art experiments cannot fail
• Kluver helps engineer art that can destroy itself
• John Cage's project involved only capturing naturally occurring sounds at the time of the recording
• Lucinda Childs uses "Vehicle" to show her love of dynamic objects
• Rauschenberg uses tennis and the motions associated with tennis to create a visual piece
• Kluver uses the Pavilion as a new art space for artists interested in dabbling in experimental and unusual mediums and pieces