Bringing together close to twenty curators, artists, and academics, the symposium offers a critical re-examination of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.).
The symposium explores the foundational manifestations of E.A.T., its lesser-known social innovation projects across the globe, and a number of pivotal yet often overlooked contributions to its famed history. By contextualizing E.A.T. within an international legacy of initiatives fostering collaborations between artists and engineers from the 1960s to the present, The Lesser-Known Experiments in Art and Technology seeks to expand the understanding of the celebrated organization.
The Lesser-Known Experiments in Art and Technology is held in conjunction with Sensing the Future, the first comprehensive exhibition in France to showcase the landmark movement. Organized in collaboration with the Getty Research Institute, the exhibition is on view at LUMA Arles through January 11, 2026.
Dates and Times: Friday, November 21 (5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.) / Saturday, November 22 (2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.)
Location: LUMA Arles, Auditorium, 1st floor of The Tower
Admission: Free, booking required
Note: The event will be conducted in English.
Historicizing, Constellating, Decentralizing, Reinventing: A Blueprint “to Avoid the Waste of a Cultural Revolution”
4:25 p.m.: Listening
• Paul Purgas, Artist, Musician (United Kingdom)
5:00 p.m.: Decentralizing
Introduction
• Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art, University of London (United Kingdom) [video]
Panel discussion
• Paul Purgas, Artist, Musician (United Kingdom)
• Rattanamol Singh Johal, Professor of South Asian Arts and History of Art, University of Michigan (USA)
• Nina Wexelblatt, Art Historian (USA)
Panel discussion
• Paul Purgas, Artist, Musician (United Kingdom)
• Rattanamol Singh Johal, Professor of South Asian Arts and History of Art, University of Michigan (USA)
• Nina Wexelblatt, Art Historian (USA)
