Who is Dr. Ed Wortz from Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin and what is their importance? Seeing_Is_Forgetting_the_Name_of_the_Thing_One_Sees:_A_Life_of_Contemporary_Artist_Robert_Irwin English & Literature Dr. Ed Wortz | Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin

Physicist Dr. Ed Wortz of the Garrett Aerospace Corporation agreed to work with an artist in an art and technology program developed by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Although at first dubious about the worth of the program, Wortz becomes totally engaged when meeting his artist counterpart, Robert Irwin. Likewise, Irwin is impressed with Wortz, who he admires for his ability to calmly take on any challenge presented to him. Like Irwin, Wortz has an ardent interest in man's sense of his own environment and a curiosity to learn how the two radically different disciplines can successfully partner within that environment.