E.A.T., which also involved such art-world luminaries as Jasper Johns, John Cage, and Jean Tinguely, peaked in 1967 with a renowned exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit was the forerunner of today's Cyberarts exhibitions. We're doing these trials in a cutting-edge fashion to give ourselves better insights into what kinds of shared experiences work on the Web. Message in a Bottle Conceived by Cati Laporte and Seligmann, this exhibit features a virtual seascape with an algorithm that creates a constantly-changing site. Visitors find themselves on an island, experiencing weather changes, birds, and, every so often, a floating bottle, which they can retrieve.
Visitors can throw messages into the virtual sea.
Messages will be received by later visitors to the site. Bell Laboratories is the research and development arm for the company. Inc. All rights reserved.