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The Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), consisting of the 9 Evenings of Theatre & Performance, the Open Score was a fun looking experience. I love playing Tennis myself and I thought it was cool that they included art & technology to make a physical sport fun. Even the audience of 500 people had fun being "super stars" of the piece. I enjoyed watching the fun people had, even though today it probably wouldn't be as "wow-ing" because we are already used to this technology. These artists and engineers work very collaboratively together and they have such tremendous amount of imagination for their time. The way they think of these ideas are inspiring and very stimulating. I loved how they said that "art should have no direction" and you can be "open to infinite possibilities." They definitely look like they had a lot of fun in their time, it was like "opening up a window to a whole new world." Their surprising reactions about this new technology can be compared the to the amazement of the Ipods & Iphones of today. 

The Open Score was a rare moment and done in its time. As they said, when its over, its not over. You have it in your head for the rest of your life. I think the piece can be done again today but with more advancement in the technology or with additional features that are outside of our own vocabulary of today. Maybe then the piece would have a lot more interaction, more advanced lighting/projectory, better rackets... or maybe the rackets don't just trigger lighting now.. maybe it could signal to people's cell phones and do something crazy with it. However way it could be done, it is exiting to see artists and engineers push to be creative rather than remaining "practical" to their resources.