Patrick McCray, University of California-Santa Barbara
Smithsonian Institution - History Seminar on Contemporary Science and Technology (Washington, DC)
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Director’s Conference Room, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
In the 1960s, an art and technology movement burst forth across the U.S. and Europe. It was catalyzed by corporate support, media exposure, a curious public, and the enthusiastic participation of artists and engineers. My talk - made possible by my time as Lindbergh Chair at NASM - explores the activities of Frank Malina, an American-born rocket engineer turned artist. I am especially interested in how Malina’s first career as a dreamer of space helped fuel his later activities as an engineer of art.
Patrick McCray is the 2015-2016 NASM Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History, Department of History, University of California-Santa Barbara.
For further information, please contact: Tom Lassman at 202-633-2419; lassmant@si.edu.
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