Education/New Media Initiatives ONLINE FORUM EAT: ENTERTAINMENT, ART, TECHNOLOGY www.walkerart.org/salons/eat/ THROUGH MAY 7, 2000 JOIN US FOR VIRTUAL DINNER In conjunction with the exhibitions Let's Entertain and Art Entertainment Network, the Walker Art Center is hosting a 12-week online discussion investigating the reasons we are entertained and the ways entertainment affects our relationship to art and technology. EAT is inspired by the 1966 organization of the same acronym: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), founded by engineer Billy Klüver. E.A.T. sought to pair engineers with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, John Cage, and Andy Warhol; some of their collaborative projects were seen at the World Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. The Walker's EAT is a contemporary manifestation with an expanded objective that considers the dynamics between forms of entertainment, mass media, art, and technology. No matter what your preferred form of entertainment, its consumption is subject to a basic set of tracts. Each of EAT's six tracts--choice, engagement, competition, mischief, surrender, and sacrifice--will be addressed for two weeks and led by a different set of invited artists, writers, theorists, and technocultural producers. Pick your favorite and dig in! EAT will be digested on the Walker's Web site once a week. Sign up for the listserv conversation or for the weekly digest. SACRIFICE (IS THIS WORTH IT?) APRIL 23-MAY 7, 2000 Entertainment is all about us and what we are willing to put out for. How much we are willing to give up if we can't shorten the download time? EAT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE BUSH FOUNDATION.