OhiO Wednesday’s October 2020 session created a space for Samantha Hookway to gain feedback on an on-going project where many roles and hats are held by Samantha within her collective studio, Studio Alight. The project at its heart is the designing and developing of E.A.T. Spatial which is a semi-digital, semi-physical exhibition experience and a mix between the site-specific and the website-specific. Academic conferences are now seen naming the merging between meeting digital and meeting physical “phygital”, yet, E.A.T. Spatial is more experimental than just mixing the meeting modes - it also aims to experiment in blending modes of physical media and digital media art-viewing inside the physical space a gallery. Hookway went on to include that the debut exhibition beaming out from Gothenburg’s own, ICIA Konsthall, is another task Hookway has taken on - the curator. And that a group exhibition with international artists included titled MANIPULATIONS is E.A.T. Spatial’s debut exhibition. MANIPULATIONS opens NOV. 14 at 17:30 at e.a.t.spatial.hub.earth.

The OhiO W. discussion space gave room for a discussion of how E.A.T Spatial shall function and its future capabilities whereas the space developed could allow for more uses than just the exhibition MANIPULATIONS itself. Also, questions of how did you get here, where is the funding coming from, how are you getting the word out about this project and how do you feel about taking on the role of a curator were asked and the conversation meandered in an interesting way between thoughts on the digital and spatial, the curatorial, the technical and the hands-on about ”how to”.

More information on Hookway and her work with Studio Alight can be found at www.studioalight.com and e.a.t.spatial.hub.earth.

E.A.T. – Experiments in Art and Technology «Pepsi Pavilion for the Expo '70»

«The ‹Pepsi Pavilion› was first an experiment in collaboration and interaction between the artists and the engineers, exploring systems of feedback between aesthetic and technical choices, and the humanization of technological systems. Klüver‘s ambition was to create a laboratory environment, encouraging ‹live programming› that offered opportunity for experimentation, rather than resort to fixed or ‹dead programming› as he called it, typical of most exposition pavilions. [...] The Pavilion‘s interior dome–immersing viewers in three-dimensional real images generated by mirror reflections, as well as spatialized electronic music–invited the spectator to individually and collectively participate in the experience rather than view the work as a fixed narrative of pre-programmed events. The Pavilion gave visitors the liberty of shaping their own reality from the materials, processes, and structures set in motion by its creators.»

Robert Whitman “At that point it seemed appropriate to use found spaces. It seemed appropriate to architect specific spaces for the image you want to create where people would react in a natural way, so you don't have to direct them. You can walk in front of them and they'll follow you if they want to, and if they feel like going home, they'll go home, I hope.” - Robert Whitman, Multi-Disciplinary Artist. Robert Whitman was a leading figure in New York’s Happenings movement from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. A pioneer of performance art and multimedia installation he co-founded ‘Experiments in Art and Technology’ (E.A.T.) a nonprofit organisation dedicated to collaboration between artists and engineers. Throughout his career, Whitman has aspired to transform and transcend the limitations of images by emphasising their spatial, temporal and dimensional qualities. Although Whitman received his first one artist exhibition at the Rutgers affiliated gallery, ‘Art House’ in 1958 he debuted his ‘Constructions’ at ‘Hansa Gallery’ New York in 1959. He has composed and produced over forty performance works, nine of which, spanning from 1976 to 1983, were created in conjunction with ‘Dia Art Foundation’. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #happenings #avantgarde #americanmoon #experimentsinartandtechnology #soundimages #slides #images #robertwhitman https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHIwa0l6YT/?igshid=qf8rt6rd1kfi