Wade Marynowsky; The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie robot.
Electrical engineering: Aras Vaichas, Software design: Mr.Snow, Dress maker: Susan Marynowsky.
The Insitute of Contemporary Art Newtown (I.C.A.N). 5th – 21st of December, 2008, Sydney, Australia.
By appropriating the title of the film The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972) I pay homage to the surrealist film director Luis [...]
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2008
Boris the bourgeois robot.
2005
Wakamaru
Wakamaru is a Japanese domestic robot made by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, primarily intended to provide companionship to elderly and disabled people. The robot is yellow, 1m tall, and weighs 30 kilograms. It has two arms and its flat, circular base has a diameter of 45 cm. It is in commercial sale today.
Wakamaru runs a Linux [...]
2005
Partner Ballroom Dance Robot (PBDR)
Developed by scientists at Tohoku University, the Partner Ballroom Dance Robot (PBDR) is able to predict the steps of a human partner based on body movement and react accordingly on its three wheels.
The robot is 1.65 meter high and has a female face, wears a plastic ballgown and comes in pink and pastel blue. A male [...]
2005
Marvin
Marvin, the Paranoid Android is a fictional character in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. Marvin is the ship’s robot aboard the starship Heart of Gold. He was built as a prototype of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation’s GPP (Genuine People Personalities) technology. Marvin is apparently afflicted with severe depression and boredom, in [...]
