Contrary to popular thought, the first laser light show was not set to Pink Floyd, nor other psychedelic rock music that helped make the laser light show so popular with youth in the 1970s, hanging out in dark planetariums. In fact, the original show was set to classical music, “Fanfare for The Common Man” by Aaron Copland, and originated by a scientist—Elsa Garmire. Garmire’s contribution to the arts began in association with the legendary organization Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.). Filmmaker Ivan Dryer had the idea to bring the laser light show to planetariums. The first laser light show was held in 1973 at the Griffith Observatory and Planetarium in Los Angeles. Laserimage is the proof-of-concept video Dryer made of Garmire’s laser images in 1972, which has just been preserved on 16mm. — Sonia Epstein, Sloan Science & Film