Gyorgy Kepes Establishes the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at MIT

The Center was established at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by Kepes “to bring artists from around the world to collaborate with MIT’s community of scientists and engineers, [in order] to produce works using new directions in technological approach.” It was attempted to create a community of innovators, providing opportunities for artists such as Nam June Paik and Stan Vanderbeek. Over the course of 42 years, more than 200 artists would go through CAVS. This interdisciplinary center was MIT’s first foray into contemporary art and an important step in the development of MIT as a critical interlocutor between art and science.