E.A.T

E.A.T. was an acronym for an organization called Experiments in Art and Technology. It was a group in the 1960's that was made up of artists, engineers, and computer scientists. The primary goal of the group was to continue the fusion of arts and engineering. 

The group conducted experiments involving art projects that looked more like science experiments. In fact, the initial sketches for a lot of their projects involved relatively complex schematic drawings and blueprints. 

The pieces of work described in the chapters relating to E.A.T. remind me very much of some of the work Ken Perlin is doing in the media research lab. It is this fusion of art and science that interests me most, as it is where the most advances will be made in art and entertainment, and I am very excited to see where it leads in the future. The people in E.A.T. started this movement.