by Bill Vorn (Canada, 2006)
Five arthropod robots make organic but twitchy movements: an unexpected behavior, since it is realized by machines which, supposedly, should be merely functional. This work aims to evoke the spectator’s empathy for the robotic entities, which in fact are more than a handful of metallic structures.
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Bill Vorn has been dedicated to robotic art since 1992. A professor at Concordia University, Canada, where he teaches electronic art, he is in charge of the research laboratory for robotic art creation (Alab) at Hexagram Institute, also in Canada.