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Cyborg Futures – Performance Documentation

Documentation of the live performance Empathy Swarm Remote Memory  – Telerobotics for Social Interaction as a Symbiotic Reminiscence of Human-Machine Cohabitation –  (click on ‘Watch Performance’) as part of IMPAKT’s online exhibition Cyborg Futures – Who doesn’t want to live forever? While the exhibition is still online, you should check it out!

The interactions of the swarm were generating a live sound track, which the audience could influence, so don’t forget to switch on the sound!

The project is supported by Stipendienprogramm NRW für Künstler*innen as part of “Telehabitats”.

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Cyborg Futures – Empathy Swarm Remote Memory starting from 17 Dec 2020

Empathy Swarm Remote Memory

– Telerobotics for Social Interaction as a Symbiotic Reminiscence of Human-Machine Cohabitation –

is part of IMPAKT’s online exhibition Cyborg Futures – Who doesn’t want to live forever? which officially launched yesterday night with an opening lecture by Stelarc, starting from 20:30. Afterwards the swarm that is living with us and is missing human interaction was performing live for and with you!

17 December 2020, 21:30 online performance

The project is supported by Stipendienprogramm NRW für Künstler*innen as part of “Telehabitats”.

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Remote Interaction with Empathy Swarm Robots to be memorised in Impakt’s A WORLD WITHOUT US REVISITED

In times of self-isolation and social distancing, unfortunately you can’t meet the robots in physical space, but we found a platform, called “twitch.tv” which is widely used among gamers to view and engage with their online community. This platform enables our robots to perform for you and even – although with a bit more work – to receive your input.

Empathy Swarm Remote Memory is a vessel for your memory in a possible ‘World without us’ and is part of Impakt’s online exhibition ‘A WORLD WITHOUT US REVISITED’ .

The next interactive live streams of Empathy Swarm Remote Memory on twitch.tv will be on:

Friday         28th August, 6 – 9 p.m.  and

Saturday    29th August, 6 – 9 p.m.

 

These robots by artists Katrin Hochschuh and Adam Donovan are the most endearing work in the small exhibition at Impakt, center for media culture in Utrecht. The Empathy Swarm consists of a group of small robots on wheels. They form formations, draw towards each other, tapping gently against your shoe. It seems like they want to make contact. Or are those feelings of affection no more than human projection? [...] It is striking that the Empathy Swarm shows how little is needed to generate empathy for an inanimate object. It raises the question why people sometimes have such bad care for their natural environment.

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Review of Empathy Swarm in ‘A world without us’ at Impakt

translated from Dutch article “De zieleroerselen van een ‘slimme’ koelkast” by Thomas van Huut for NRC Handelsblad, the Netherlands’ most influential newspaper.

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A world without us – Impressions of Empathy Swarm at Impakt

An intense week setting up Empathy Swarm for the very first time, with a great outcome 🙂

The swarm is keeping the memories of what it means to be human and its interpretation of human feelings and social behaviours, alive in – A world without us.

After a fantastic opening on Friday, we joined a panel discussion on Saturday with the other EMAP/EMARE artists Taavi Suisalu, Anna Dumitriu and Alex May, discussing how our works take part in a future scenario that we try to avoid.

Thanks IMPAKT for hospitality, support and intriguing ideas!

 

(pictures © Impakt Foundation, Pieter Kers)

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

The work is coproduced at Kontejner within the framework of EMAP / EMARE and co-funded by Creative Europe.

 

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Empathy Swarm at IMPAKT from 24 November 2018

Only a week  and then the first of the EMAP/EMARE group shows starts for us.

We are happy to be part of ‘A world without us’ at Impakt, Utrecht, Netherlands.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

The work is coproduced at Kontejner within the framework of EMAP / EMARE and co-funded by Creative Europe.