PUBLIC LECTURE (in English)
robococo
(Petra Gemeinboeck und Rob Saunders/ AUS)
the two artists talk about “Zwischenra?ume” within the context of their artistic works and research projects
Dienstag, 11. Mai 2010 - 19:00 - 20:30
Petra Gemeinboeck is an interactive installation artist and Assistant Professor at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, in Sydney. Rob Saunders is an AI researcher and Assistant Professor at the Design Lab, University of Sydney. Their collaborative practice engages participants in scenarios of encounter, in which they negotiate, conspire with or even solicit a machine-generated co-performer.
The lecture will introduce their creative research practice on autonomous performance and their new robotic installation “Zwischenra?ume”. This introduction will be situated within the context of their previous artistic works and research projects.
robococo (Petra Gemeinboeck and Rob Saunders)
The collaborative practice of Petra Gemeinboeck and Rob Saunders engages participants in scenarios of encounter, in which they negotiate, conspire with or even solicit a machine-generated co-performer. Their pervasive, locative and robotic installations examine the boundary between the virtual and physical and how it is continuously perforated in our everyday lives. They produce hybrid spaces and performative realities that problematise the paradoxical ground common to both intervention and surveillance.
Their works have been exhibited internationally, including at the Ars Electronica, Thessaloniki Biennale, Archilab, MCA Chicago, ICC Tokyo, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Stills Gallery Edinburgh, and the Centre des Arts Enghien in Paris. They have been featured in magazines such as RealTime Arts, ARCHIS, spike art quarterly and Computer Graphics World.
Both live and work in Sydney. Petra Gemeinboeck is Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media Arts at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. Rob Saunders is Senior Lecturer in Design Computing at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney.