It's composed of two pieces of sheer fabric, one of which is pinned against the wall. The second, with delicate silkscreened images, floats freely against it, translucent and lovely. The Contemporary Arts Museum is the site for Rauschenberg's more experimental and interdisciplinary works. There are also the collaborations with choreographers and musicians, including Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown. He created sets and props for these artists and sometimes performed with them.
Technology is implicit in all.
When activated by the audience, the mirrored surface becomes a lovely abstract pattern of wood chairs suffused in warm, golden light. It's a square glass tank with an aluminum skirt that hides its electronic guts. A sound-activated pneumatic system injects air into the mud, forcing baby geysers to erupt and splash back down. The most recent works in which Rauschenberg displays his ongoing experiments with new materials are at the Museum of Fine Arts. Metal substitutes for canvas and paper, too.