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Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol. several kinetic and "happenings" artists, avant- garde film-makers and dramatists, the Velvet Underground, and composer John Cage. This immersion in New York's arts scene also led to deep interest in science and technology Many of the pieces at the festival were informed by
unching him on the primrose path into the arts. He then got involved in the city's underground movie scene, becoming manager of the Film-Makers' Cinematheque, the home of underground cinema, in 1965, where his mandate was to produce a festival that expanded the form of cinema. He commissioned 30 perfor
nt-garde program at the Poetry Center at the 92nd St Y in New York. Preceding and following Brockman on the program, respectively, were evenings by John Cage and Jorge Luis Borges. This was the era of ficeThe Living Theatre,fi of Antonin AnaudaTMs ficetheatre of cruelty,fi and the management of the Poetry
rking with underground film- makers, and video artists, which was at this time a revolutionary art genre. In 1965 Mekas invited him to take over the Cinematheque and to initiate an Expanded Cinema Festival there. He invited many great New York artists working in all fields, including Nam June Paik, Andy Warho
Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, several kinetic and "happenings" artists, avant- garde film-makers and dramatists, the Velvet Underground, and composer John Cage. This immersion in New York's arts scene also led todeep interest in science and technology. Many of the pieces at the festival were informed by
unching him on the primrose path into the arts. He then got involved in the city's underground movie scene, becoming manager of the Film-Makers' Cinematheque, the home of underground cinema, in 1965. where his mandate was to produce a festival that expanded the form of cinema. He commissioned 30 perfor
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John Brockman
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Stewart Brand
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Martha Stewart
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Marshall McLuhan
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Andy Warhol
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Steven Pinker
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George Dyson
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Wilbur Ross
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George W. Bush
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Michael Douglas
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McLuhan
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Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Rauschenberg
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Richard Dawkins
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Esther
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Brian Eno
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Craig Venter
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Hockney
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New York
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