Shared Robotics
RoboDays presents the art exhibition “Shared Robotics”.
See art works that build and transform robots for new
purposes, where the relationship between humans and
robots leads to new creative expressions.
August 20. 2009 - November 29. 2009
Kunsthallen Brandts, Brandts Torv 1, 5000 Odense C
The exhibit presents four very different robot technology
installations, featuring a fusion of technology and art. Some works
at the exhibition allow you to develop further on their form, their
expression and their technology.
A multi-touch wall at the exhibition gives you historical
insight into how robots have been interpreted in art and culture
through the ages. You can also find this part of the exhibition at
www.sharedrobotics.com, where you can
contribute your knowledge about robot technology in a user-based
robot encyclopedia that will emerge during the exhibition
period.
Participating Artist
Sabrina Raaf (www.raaf.org) resides in Chicago
and has previously worked with art robots that interact with their
surroundings. For this exhibition, she is working with the robot
company Gibotech A/S to create a work in which one of Gibotech's
robots is reprogrammed to cut large patterns out of corrugated
plastic. Over time, these patterns are transformed into a
sculptural installation spreading out over the floor of the
exhibition space, as the work changes throughout the exhibition
period.
The Danish artists' collective Illutron
(www.illutron.dk) is exhibiting a work entitled "N7331227", which
brings an old industrial robot to life. Using computer vision, the
robot has been programmed with the ability to see and reproduce
visitors' drawings on a large wall.
The German artist Ralf Schreiber
(www.ralfschreiber.com) experiments with minimal robot technology.
Schreiber's work, "Living Particles #58", consists of a room filled
with small robots hanging from the ceiling. Both the installation's
design and each of the small robots, which can move and make
noises, are reduced to a minimum, creating an overall impression of
life in a strict order.
Douglas Repetto resides in New York and is
represented with the work "Foal" - a very simple, mechanical robot.
In its design and movements, "Foal" seems like a newborn foal
struggling to control its legs. Several small foals will toddle
around the exhibition space. The work is an open prototype that can
be built by those who wish to test their robot building skills.
Instructional guides to building the robot are available at the
exhibition.
Further Information
Majken Kramer Overgaard
Project Manager in RoboDays
M +45 6011 2742
majken.overgaard@robocluster.dk
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2009.09.03