Science Friday, NPR, August 2015. Museum Plays Art and Technology Matchmaker and the legacy of LACMA’s first Art and Technology program

 "When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art launched its first Art & Technology program back in 1967, the idea of artists and technologists collaborating was radical—and the art world wasn’t quite ready."

GUESTS

Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
John Craig Freeman, Public Artist, Professor of New Media Art, Emerson College
Brian Mullins, Founder, CEO, DAQRI, Los Angeles, California

From the Archives: Art and Technology at LACMA, 1967–1971 on view March 2015 - October 25, 2015.

US Pavilion, Japan World Expo, Osaka Expo ’70, laser sculpture by Rockne Krebs, 1970. Photo: The Masey Archives. The first ever laser beam switching system and prototype of the first laser light show, Rockne Krebs’ collaboration with Hewlett Packard Corporation. #ArtandTechnology Program 1967-1971, #ArtplusTech #ArtScience #LightArtist #RockneKrebs #HewlettPackard #Lasers . Seven American artists in the exhibition, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Tony Smith, Newton Harrison, Boyd Mefferd, Robert Whitman and Rockne Krebs. Curated by #MauriceTuchman http://www.metaformdesigninternational.com/1970-osaka/ #WorldExpo #WorldExpo70

A photo posted by Rockne Krebs (@rocknekrebs) on Aug 12, 2015 at 4:40pm PDT