Art and Technology. Readings

This weeks s reading's, Seeing is Forgetting and E.A.T Nine evenings, talked about some explorations on art and technology. In E.A.T Nine Evenings they talk about an experiment where they combined artists and engineers to create a performance, and in Seeing is Forgetting the curator of a museum paired famous artists with technology companies to create a sort of experiment as well. The results of both experiments resulted in everything from dance to sculpture. Art today seems to have naturally grown with technology and is using some sort of science behind it. After reading these I searched on line for art & technology and an endless list of examples became available to me, so I tried to narrow it down by searching for collaborations between artists and engineers. The name that I seemed to stumble upon the most was Robert Rauschenberg. He was such an influence in the art-engineering world. I also found an article written to the New Your time editor from Billy Kluver, one of the collaborators in E.A.T Nine evenings. this quote by him really illuminated the idea behind the experiment

"I have always thought that engineers and artists shared a hands-on sensibility about working with material, but I have never seen engineers as mere ''facilitators'' of artists' ideas. I have always called for one-to-one collaborations between artists and engineers or scientists, each acting in his or her professional capacity. Such equal collaborations will open up possibilities for the artwork that neither could have predicted before they started working together."


Stepping back to Seeing is Forgetting, I really enjoyed this idea that "All art is experience, yet all experiences are not art." This really made me think about the experience behind different pieces of art I have seen, and even though I do not have that piece of art with me I do have the experience that came from the art, and that that really is what you take away from all art.