Data traffic in theater and engineering: Between technical conditions and illusions

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This article analyses the encounter of Neo-Avant-garde artists with engineers of the Bell Telephone Laboratories in the 9 Evenings. Theatre and Engineering (1966) in an Armory in New York. In the process of engineering, the traffic of signals was reinterpreted from information processing to electronic transmission. The 9 Evenings show exemplarily the importance of artists' work, being part of a new ubiquitous worldorder of networking understood as resonance and vibration, signal traffic, feedback and complexity in systems engineering. Hence, the use of media and their performativity should be part of the history of knowledge and of media theory.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTraffic : Media as Infrastructures and Cultural Practices
EditorsMarion Näser-Lather, Christoph Neubert
Number of pages20
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Publication date25.09.2015
Pages160-179
ISBN (print)9789004299801
ISBN (electronic)9789004298774
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25.09.2015

    Research areas

  • 9 Evenings, Art, Avant, Bandoneon, Bell Labs, Data traffic, David Tudor, Engineering, Garde, Media history, Media theory, Neo, Performance, Signals, Software, Theatre and Engineering, Vochrome
  • Digital media