Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

The Pepsi Pavilion June—August 2024 Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA Researcher

Conducted independent research at the Getty Research Institute, examining the archives of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), which informed the paper The Pepsi Pavilion: Art, Technology, and the Neo-Avant-Garde, 1968–1970.

Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) conceived and built the Pepsi Pavilion for Expo ’70 in Osaka, Japan.
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    1/2 The Pepsi Pavilion, Osaka, 1970, complete with artificial cloud, kinetic sound and light sculptures, and a walk-in spherical mirror. (Photo: Shunk-Kender, © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, courtesy of Experiments in Art and Technology.)

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    1/3 First test of the “Fog Sculpture” by artist Fujiko Nakaya, engulfing the pavilion. (Photo by Fujiko Nakaya, courtesy of Experiments in Art and Technology.)

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    1/4 Opening day group photo of the E.A.T. team. (Photo by Shunk-Kender, © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, courtesy of Experiments in Art and Technology.)

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    1/5 Nighttime exterior showcasing Nakaya Fujiko’s Fog Sculpture and Robert Breer’s Floats. (Photo by Shunk-Kender, © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, courtesy of Experiments in Art and Technology.) Acknowledgment of Fujiko Nakaya