Experiments in Art, Access and Technology, or E.A.A.T., chronicles the emergence of access as an animating principle of art, science, and technology. From participatory audio description to captions that evoke poetry, access is being reimagined as an expressive form that catalyzes new sensory possibilities for artistic experience. Despite their multimodal capacities, many media art tools remain inaccessible and have yet to benefit from this creative attention. E.A.A.T. introduces methods in art and technology that embody lived experiences of disability.
Invoking the field’s ethos of experimentation and collaboration, E.A.A.T. prototypes a new program that links communities, institutions, and ways of knowing through creative access. This paradigm marks a turning point in the history of the art and technology movement. In the 1960s, Leonardo, Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), and Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) Art and Technology Program created infrastructure allowing artists, scientists, and engineers...