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The E.A.T. Knowledge Graph Project (Wikibase Project Page)

Background

Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) was an organization founded in 1966 by artists Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whitman, and engineers Billy Klüver and Fred Waldhaer that operated from the mid-sixties to the late-seventies. The organization brought together artists and engineers to collaborate on a variety of projects including avant-garde artwork and performance, with the express goal of transforming both industries. The E.A.T. mission states that "to firmly establish the artists' free access to technology, engineering and the technical processes is not only a cultural, educational or aesthetic problem but amounts in fact to an organic social revolution."

Project Description

The Semantic Lab's E.A.T. Knowledge Graph Project seeks to find new ways of using archival documents as a source for linked data. It is part of an ongoing collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

The E.A.T Knowledge Graph Project includes a subproject that aims to transform the E.A.T. Bibliography into linked data. (record | description).

Scope

The bulk source of data is a collection of 141 documents shared by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Archives including an oral history with Julie Martin, former E.A.T. Director. Martin also offered primary sources regarding E.A.T. from her personal collection, and has been a source of guidance and knowledge all throughout the course of this linked data project. Additional documents regarding E.A.T. have been provided by the Cooper Union Archives & Special Collections and The Getty Institute Special Collections.

Featured Sources

• E.A.T. Bibliography, August 12, 1965-January 18, 1980/ by Billy Klüver. Rev. ed. New York: Experiments in Art and Technology, 1980.
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• The Story of E.A.T.: Experiments in Art and Technology 1960-2001 Part I and The Story of E.A.T.: Experiments in Art and Technology 1960-2001 Part II dated 2001 and written by Billy Klüver.
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• 30 edge-notched cards, part of E.A.T.'s Technical Services Program provided by the Getty Research Institute Archives' collection on E.A.T.
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Core Properties and Data Models

Properties for representing Performance

Property ID	Property label	Property description	Source
P117	role	part assumed by an entity with relation to a group, event, production, or institution. Created alongside group discussions and ISR project. Should be used as a qualifier.	Derived from Wikidata.
P125	location	location of the object, structure or event.	Derived from Wikidata.
P126	performer	actor, musician, band or other performer associated with this role or musical work. To be used as a qualifier when there is no room to use role.	Derived from Wikidata.
P127	work performed	used to connect an event or performance to an artwork.	Similar to Music Ontology’s performance_of.
P128	performance instance	used to connect an artwork to a performance.	Similar to Music Ontology’s performed_in.
P131	sub-event	used to connect an event to a performance.	Derived from Schema.org and the Carnegie Hall Project.
P132	super-event	used to connect a performance to an event.	Derived from Schema.org and the Carnegie Hall Project.
P185	uses	item or concept used by the subject or in the operation	Derived from Wikidata.

Project Data

Note: If you would like to read a general description about data on Semantic Lab's Wikibase and various ways to query data, please see the home page for Semantic Lab’s Wikibase.

General E.A.T. Project Data

All records associated with the E.A.T Knowledge Graph Project
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yjqjm9jq

All people associated with the E.A.T Knowledge Graph Project
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yhsxvcyj

All artworks associated with the E.A.T Knowledge Graph Project
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yezg3jbr

All events associated with the E.A.T Knowledge Graph Project
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yew6c7ar

Examples of Research Questions and Queries

Question: What are all of Robert Rauschenberg’s works within this Wikibase?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yemjrecw

Question: Who were all of the performers of the piece Pelican?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/ydlnbyzl

Question: What performances did Deborah Hay perform in?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yz7za5a8

Question: What pieces were performed at the First New York Theater Rally?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yjpsa27h
or SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yztfbk69

Question: In what performances did Robert Rauschenberg and Alex Hay perform together?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/yk2dvm9b

Question: What are the technologies, materials, and techniques utilized by E.A.T?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/2g2k6zgx

Question: Who sponsored events associated with E.A.T?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/2zb4k8yg

Question: What locations are mentioned in the E.A.T documents?
SPARQL Query: https://tinyurl.com/2kcbnb4t