Fairfield Porter, Visiting Artist Lecture 1974

Fairfield Porter gives a lecture at Skowhegan talking about his practice which lies at the intersection of art and science. Porter touches upon themes of evolution, entropy, and energy, discussing these ideas with the participants. Porter states how the advance of technology can separate us further and further away from facts, which is why the value of art is so important because it can help reconnect us to that fact again. For Porter, art is ultimately the antithesis to the way technology separates us.