Nine Evenings

Experiments in Art & Technology

cevans | February 8, 2011

To prepare for a "Book Sprint" I'm participating in at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie-Mellon University next week, I've been doing lots of research about notable historical interactions between art, science, and technology. In suit, Universe fringe benefits! First, I'd like to tell you about "9 Evenings," organized in 1966 by a very interesting engineer named Billy KlÃ¼ver with the help of the great American artist, Robert Rauschenberg. KlÃ¼ver is a fascinating character, a brilliant engineer who saw the potential in the integration of art and technology, and noticed an absence…

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