Cathode Ray Tube Projections, September 20, 2017, Rooftop Reds, Brooklyn, NY
Cathode Ray Tube Projections
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Doors: 6pm
Program: 7pm
Rooftop Reds
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Enter at 299 Sands St.
Building #275
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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Description:
Inside screens of all kinds, from computers to televisions, is a device that has two oppositely charged poles. Out of one of these poles shoots electrons–which have a negative charge and repel towards the opposing anode–onto a glass wall; the electrons scan across the glass surface to create the visible image. The cathode ray tube was used from the 1920s until the adoption of digital technology. As with all new technologies, artists were interested. In 1966, electrical engineer Billy Klüver and multi-media artist Robert Rauschenberg founded a matchmaking service called Experiments in Art and Technology to pair artists interested in sound, light, and movement with engineers in order to create new work.The collaboration could “work both ways. Artists’ projects could stimulate the engineer in new ways of looking at technology and influence technical development in the future,” Klüver wrote in 2001. Meanwhile, artists could create work that could not be realized without using the technology.
Inside screens of all kinds, from computers to televisions, is a device that has two oppositely charged poles. Out of one of these poles shoots electrons–which have a negative charge and repel towards the opposing anode–onto a glass wall; the electrons scan across the glass surface to create the visible image. The cathode ray tube was used from the 1920s until the adoption of digital technology. As with all new technologies, artists were interested. In 1966, electrical engineer Billy Klüver and multi-media artist Robert Rauschenberg founded a matchmaking service called Experiments in Art and Technology to pair artists interested in sound, light, and movement with engineers in order to create new work.The collaboration could “work both ways. Artists’ projects could stimulate the engineer in new ways of looking at technology and influence technical development in the future,” Klüver wrote in 2001. Meanwhile, artists could create work that could not be realized without using the technology.
Tickets & More Information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cathode-ray-tube-projections-tickets-37543553780