Collaboration between Billy Kluver and Robert Rauschenberg.

Oracle is a five-piece interactive sculpture formed from an assemblage of salvage objects (car door, ventilation ducts, window…) belonging to the world of “everyday technology”, with which is integrated a sophisticated system of radios capturing the various sounds emitted in the location where the work is shown. The radio sets were from the start connected to a console meant to be manipulated by visitors. Each of the five pieces, whose placing can vary depending upon the exhibition space, has a specific structure and mode of working.