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The year 1966 witnessed a series of spectacular events in New York that explored the interaction of artistic performance and technical progress. Advertised as “9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering,” these groundbreaking experiments combined diverse genres such as music, theatre, dance, film, and video, and put the prominent artists involved — including John Cage, Deborah Hay, Steve Paxton, Robert Rauschenberg, and David Tudor — in contact with experienced engineers. Initiated by Billy Klüver from Bell Telephone Laboratories, it was hoped that this interdisciplinary collaboration would lead to specially-designed equipment. It was an historical moment, as the connection between electronics and live performance was being explored for the first time in front of a large audience. This exhibition, organized by MIT List Visual Arts Center, illustrates the development and implementation of the pieces, as well as the mutual curiosity with which art and technology regard each other.
Program accompanying the exhibition
Concert:
Saturday/Sunday, 6/7 September 2008, 8 pm – 1 am, Foyer and Vortragssaal
Two ensembles from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) will be playing "Variations I-III" every hour during the Long Night of Museums:
John Cage, "Variations I-VII” and “Variations IV-VI" (1958-66)
Guided tours
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August 2008
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| Sun, 3.8. |
3.00 pm |
Matthias Vogel, lecturer |
| Tue, 5.8. |
6.30 pm |
Nils Röller, lecturer in Media Arts, ZHdK |
| Tue, 12.8. |
6.30 pm |
Cynthia Gavranic, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Tue, 19.8. |
6.30 pm |
Tina Mantel, lecturer in Dance, ZHdK |
| Tue, 26.8. |
6.30 pm |
Barbara Liebster, lecturer in Scenography, ZHdK
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September 2008
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| Tue, 2.9. |
6.30 pm |
Bruno Karrer, lecturer, Department of Music, ZHdK |
| Sun, 7.9. |
3.00 pm |
Andres Janser, curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
Special tours on request (also in English): Tel +41 (0)43 446 67 10 or
marilena.cipriano@zhdk.ch
Press Clips
Kunst-Bulletin 01.09.08
Corriere degli Italiani 27.08.08
Radio Rete Due RTSI 08.08.08
NZZ 04.08.08
Die Südostschweiz am Sonntag 03.08.08
züritipp 31.07.08
Der Landbote 30.07.08
Neues Bülacher Tagblatt 30.07.08
News 30.07.08
DRS2/DRS4 29.07.08
SWR2 29.07.08
Publication: Catherine Morris, ed., 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966, E, The MIT Press.
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