The public life of CYSP 1.

The technology of CYSP 1., quite complex at that time, didn't allow frequent public presentations of the sculpture.

1956

Two major events:

CYSP 1.'s first public performance was in the Sarah Bernhardt Theater (present Theatre de la Ville, Paris), during the Poetry Night organised by Andre Parinaud (may 1956)

CYSP 1. à la Nuit de la Poésie (mai 1956)

Next month, as part of the First Avant-Garde Festival in Marseille, CYSP 1. danced with Béjart 's ballet on the roof of Le Corbusier 's Cité Radieuse (june 1956).

During the same year, thanks to Marcel Jolly, manager of Philips-France, CYSP 1. travelled in Europe (The Hague, Amsterdam, Stockholm).

CYSP 1. dansant sur le toit de la Cité Radieuse (1956)

1957

CYSP 1. as part of the First Cybernetic Spatiodynamic Experimental Show created by Nicolas Schöffer (Evreux, France). Attending this show, M. Pierre Mendès-France, later Prime Minister. Nicolas Schöffer was assisted by Claude Lelouch, who was 18 years old.

1958

Performance of CYSP 1. in the movie "Spatiodynamisme" by Henri Langlois and Tinto Brass, (prod. Cinémathèque Française)

Sultan Palace, Rabat (Morocco).

CYSP 1. was shown in the streets of Paris: avenue de l'Opera, rue Royale and place de la Concorde, then in Trocadero, facing Eiffel's Tour

1958-1959

CYSP 1. appears in french News "Robocybernetic".

1960

Institute of Contemporary Art, London (UK)

CYSP 1. - Institute of Contemporary Art, Londres (1960)

1963

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan (Le Louvre, Paris).

Exposition au Pavillon de Marsan - Photo Yves Hervochon

1965

presentation of CYSP 1. and other works of Nicolas Schöffer and Jean Tinguely at the Jewish Museum, New York, NY (USA)

Exposition au Jewish Museum: Cysp 1. et Chronos 5.
Chronos 5. and CYSP 1.

1974

Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris.

1983

Franck Popper's "ELECTRA", Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris.

1987-1988

CYSP 1. went round United States with the first huge performance of computer-art "Digital Visions: computers and art" organised by the Everson Museum of Art of Syracuse (N.Y.):

- Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (from 09/18/87 to 11/10/87)
- Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (from 11/27/87 to 01/09/88)
- IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New-York City, NY (from 04/26/88 to 06/18/88)
- Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL (from 08/13/88 to 09/25/88)

After this american tour, CYSP 1. came back in Schöffer's studio.