E.a.t ammerman presentation

1. Experiments in Art and
Technology
By Cameron Aaron

2. Who is E.A.T? Founded by Artist Robert Whitman and engineer
Fred Waldhauer
Merging advanced technologies like sonar and
video projection
Paired artists with engineers
Often times much too advanced

3. Why They Are Significant
● Pioneered the integration of
technology into art
● Influenced companies like team
lab
● Blurred the label between arts
and science
● Pushed the boundaries of
technology

4. Experiment That Influenced Me
#1- Pepsi pavilion
● choice, responsibility,
freedom, and participation
● People were not given
instruction but freedom to
explore
● over 75 artists and engineers
involved
● https://vimeo.com/24850126

5. Why I Find This Significant
● The first time an engineer and
an artist have collaborated on
this level
● Real human interaction in art

6. Experiment That Influenced Me
#2- 9 evenings
● Worked for 10 months
developing tech for artists
● Pioneered new forms of art
and technology

7. Why I Find This Significant
● Closed circuit TV used on stage
for the first time
● Doppler sonar used on stage
● The blending of tech being
repurposed for art begins

8. What Happened to Them
● Ideas too advanced for the
time
● Rebooted in by Nokia Bell
labs

9. E.A.T’S Influence in the Modern Day
“Our mission within the modern E.A.T. program is to create new modes of empathic communication such that we
can share emotions, sentiment, cognition and experiences between people.” -Nokia Bell Labs

10. Questions???