I got an invite this week to the launch of Robots and Avatars at FACT in Liverpool (I can’t make the viewing on the 15th so heading over to Liverpool for a birthday day out on the 17th).
Apart from the pure geek appeal of seeing robotic installations and artworks, the exhibition (and the group behind it) throw up lots of interesting questions about the wider impact these technologies will have in an increasingly blended real:digital world.
Robots in industry have already made massive sociological / employment inroads of course. But the digital connectedness of things, wearable computing, ‘real’ versus manipulated presences on social media and emerging professions in a quickly evolving commercial world, will affect us all. So groups / exhibitions like this are fascinating. I’m looking forward to the visit.
Below is an excerpt for one of the exhibits at Robots and Avatars: a non-verbal documentary called ROBOT WORLD.
And as a quick plug : some of these themes are explored on a site I was involved with for the National Media Museum recently, as part of the Life Online gallery (http://nmemlol.wordpress.com/)
Related articles
- Robot Avatars Are Here, Working From Home Will Take on New Meaning – PCWorld (blog) (pcworld.com)
- Forms Installation at the National Media Museum (adafruit.com)
- DARPA Avatar robot project (nextbigfuture.com)
- World’s Fastest Running Robot: The DARPA Cheetah [Video] (geeksaresexy.net)
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