Cockroach-controlled Mobile Robot this Friday.

Is it me or is this project the epitome of what critics
of New Media art would deem as being overly focused on the
underlying technology…similar to how one might read early
works in Jasiah Reichardt's Cybernetic Serendipity show
in 1968 where a fascination with what we can make the machines
do becomes more of a spectale than anyting else.

matthew


On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 11:28PM, ryan griffis <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Please join us this Friday for a talk and demo by Garnet Hertz.
>>
>> Garnet Hertz - Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine:
>> Cockroach-controlled Mobile Robot
>> Friday, Nov 19th, 2004 8-10pm. Artist Talk at 8pm.
>>
>> Garnet Hertz will be showing his most recent prototype: a
>> cockroach-controlled mobile robot system. The system uses a living
>> Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball to control a
>> three-wheeled robot. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback
>> to create a semi-intelligent system, with the cockroach as the CPU.
>> This work will be framed within the contexts of intelligence,
>> embodiment, artificial life, the history robotics, and Michael
>> Jackson.
>>
>> more information > http://www.machineproject.com/garnethertz/index.php
>>
>>
>> Machine Project
>> 1200 D North Alvarado Street
>> Los Angeles, CA 90026
>> 213-483-8761
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i think the deployment of a cockroach says a lot.
Just imagine the possibilities… a society that controls an army of
techno-retrofitted cockroaches could never lose. Until the
cyborg-roaches realize their own power…
ryan

On Nov 17, 2004, at 7:30 AM, Matthew Mascotte wrote:

>
> Is it me or is this project the epitome of what critics
> of New Media art would deem as being overly focused on the
> underlying technology…similar to how one might read early
> works in Jasiah Reichardt's Cybernetic Serendipity show
> in 1968 where a fascination with what we can make the machines
> do becomes more of a spectale than anyting else.
>
> matthew