> --------- Message d'origine -------- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet: E.A.T. 9 Evenings > Date: 12/12/06 22:30 > > > E.A.T. 9 Evenings > > > > To no longer receive our emails, click to unsubscribe. > > > > 12 DECEMBER 2006 - PRESS RELEASE > > > > Contact for press/preview discs/screening bookings: > > Patrick Kwiatkowski +1-713-412-5120, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.9evenings.org > > > > > > Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) > > ARTPIX > > Microcinema International > > > > announce > > > > 9 Evenings: Theatre & > > Engineering - a 10 DVD set of films on a > > legendary series of theater, dance, music and > > performances at the New York 69th Regiment Armory in > > 1966 by 10 New York artists: Robert Rauschenberg, > > John Cage, David Tudor, Yvonne Rainer, Deborah Hay, > > Robert Whitman, Steve Paxton, Alex Hay, Lucinda > > Childs and Öyvind Fahlström. > > > > In 1966 10 New York artists worked with 30 engineers > > and scientists from the world renowned Bell > > Telephone Laboratories to create groundbreaking > > performances that incorporated new technology. Video > > projection, wireless sound transmission, and Doppler > > sonar - technologies that are commonplace today - > > had never been seen in the art of the 60's. The 9 > > Evenings DVD Series is an important documentation of > > the collaborations between the artists and engineers > > that produced innovative works using these emerging > > technologies. These performances still resonate > > today, as forerunners of the close and > > rapidly-evolving relationship between artists and > > technology. > > > > > > The DVDs one on each artists performance -- will > > be released sequentially over the next two years > > with the initial publication of the series: Robert > > Rauschenberg - Open Score, available Feb 27, 2007, > > followed by the second in the series: John Cage - > > Variations VII, available June 26, 2007. Each > > DVD will > > be PAL and NTSC system compatible. > > > > 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering is recognized as a > > major artistic event of the 1960s. The performances > > represented the culmination of a period of > > extraordinary creative energy in art, dance and > > music in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and they > > also pointed to the future, as artists began to use > > new technology in their work. > > > > 9 Evenings was organized by Robert > > Rauschenberg and > > Billy Klüver, then a research scientist at Bell > > Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was held > > at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City from > > October 13-23, 1966. As Billy Klüver has written: > > "9 Evenings was unique in the incredible richness > > and imagination of the performances. The Armory > > space allowed the artists to work on an > > unprecedented scale, and their involvement with > > technology and collaborations with the engineers > > added a dimension of unfamiliarity and challenge. > > They responded with major works." > > > > 9 Evenings was the first large-scale collaboration > > between artists and engineers and scientists. The > > two groups worked together for 10 months to develop > > technical equipment and systems that were used as an > > integral part of the artists performances. Their > > collaboration produced many "firsts" in the use of > > new technology for the theater, both with > > specially-designed systems and equipment and with > > innovative use of existing equipment. Closed-circuit > > television and television projection was used on > > stage for the first time; a fiber-optics camera > > picked up objects in a performer's pocket; an > > infrared television camera captured action in total > > darkness; a Doppler sonar device translated > > movement into sound; and portable wireless FM > > transmitters and amplifiers transmitted speech and > > body sounds to Armory loudspeakers. > > > > Using archival film footage and original sound > > recordings, the 9 Evenings films reconstruct each > > artist's performance as fully as possible; they also > > contain new interviews with artists, engineers and > > performers to illuminate the artistic, technical and > > historical aspects of the works. > > > > Performances are by nature ephemeral events; this > > DVD series assures that the 9 Evenings will not be > > lost but will be available to new generations of > > dance and theater students as well as art scholars, > > artists and the general public who will have a > > concrete representation of what 9 Evenings looked > > like and how it came to play such an important role > > in American 20th century art. > > > > The films on 9 Evenings are produced for E.A.T. by > > Julie Martin and directed by Barbro Schultz > > Lundestam. They are funded in part by generous gifts > > from Robert Rauschenberg and the Robert Rauschenberg > > Foundation as well as with support from the Daniel > > Langlois Foundation for Art Science and Technology. > > > > The 10 disc DVD series, 9 Evenings: Theatre & > > Engineering, is co-produced by E.A.T. and ARTPIX and > > will be distributed worldwide by Microcinema > > International. > > > > > > > > E.A.T. is a service organization that > > promotes the > > collaboration between artists and engineers to > > provide artists with access to new technology and to > > facilitate their participation in projects dealing > > with areas of social concern. > > > > ARTPIX is a non profit organization that produces > > DVDs about the arts including: Robert Whitman: > > Performances from the 60s; Trisha Brown: Early Works > > 1966-1979; William Wegman: Video Works > > 1970-1999.(www.artpix.org) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit www.9evenings.org for more information. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Microcinema International - The Art of the Moving > > Image > > > > Microcinema is a leading international > > distributor and licensor of the moving image arts. > > > > Microcinema International is exclusive distributor > > worldwide for the entire series of 9 Evenings: > > Theatre & Engineering (www.microcinema.com). The > > series will be available online at > > www.microcinemadvd.com or for wholesale, > > institutional or educational purchasing. For info > > and for theatrical/institutional screening/display > > information please contact: Joel Bachar, > > Microcinema International, 1636 Bush St., St. 2, San > > Francisco CA 94109, +1-415.447.9750 / FAX > > +1-509.351.1530 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Microcinema International > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > email: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > phone: > > 415-447-9750 > > > > > > > > > > > > web: > > http://www.microcinema.com
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