Artists
Artists
Themes, Special Collections & Series
This section features thematic groupings of works from the EAI collection, as well as special series, curated programs and anthologies.
Fluxus and Happenings
The influential international art group Fluxus began creating events, Happenings, and performances in the early 1960s in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Among the remarkable array of artists, musicians, writers and performers identified with Fluxus are Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, and Nam June Paik. Named by George Maciunas, the group's founder and principle advocate, Fluxus was characterized by its anarchy, humor and playfulness, and its desire to deflate art institutions and de-emphasize authorship. This selection includes documentaries on the Fluxus movement, documents of Fluxus events, and works by and about Fluxus artists.
From The Kitchen Archives
EAI collaborates with The Kitchen to introduce a selection of rare early video documents from The Kitchen's extraordinary historical archives. Restored through The Kitchen Archive Project, these works include video recordings of important experimental music, dance, installation, and performance art from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. This selection includes seminal works of artists central to the downtown art and music scene, including Laurie Anderson, Bill T. Jones, Rhys Chatham, Jean Dupuy, Joan Jonas, and Lawrence Weiner, among many others. With this collaboration, EAI and The Kitchen celebrate their shared histories and their commitment to providing access to the vital legacy of experimental art.
Interactive Media
In the 1990s, many artists experimented with interactive technologies such as CD-Roms, InterRoms and DVD-Roms as innovative tools for creative projects, including JODI, Tony Oursler, Zoe Beloff and Chris Marker. More recently, artists such as Michael Snow, Valie Export and Muntadas used these forms to create encyclopedic archives of their works. A selection of these artists' projects are represented here. Please note that a number of these works were created with software that is now incompatible with current computer operating systems. Please read the accompanying technical notes and disclaimers carefully.
Web Projects
EAI is committed to supporting innovative projects by artists who use digital or interactive media as a creative and critical practice. From 2000 to 2004, EAI commissioned a series of new artists' projects that were created specifically to be experienced online. These artists' projects extend EAI's 37-year engagement with experimental media art, as they explore the artistic, conceptual, and technical potential of the Web as a medium for creative discourse.
