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My Robot Companion at NESTA’s FutureFest
FutureFest is Nesta’s weekend festival of radical ideas, compelling talks, and immersive experiences to inspire, excite and challenge perceptions of the future. The most recent festival took place in March 2015 in London. My Robot Companion was on show with its “familiar head”. This video gives a taste of what occurred during the event, including…
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Four Current Exhibitions
With various exhibitions coinciding, Alex is showing work in four shows simultaneously on November 8th, 2014. “Room 40” is a new video sculpture created for the Networked Bodies event and exhibition at Watermans in London (7th-9th November) “The Institute of Unnecessary Research Meets The Egyptian Bioart Club” is on show at House 31 in Dubai’s Al Fahidi Cultural Quarter…
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My New Robot Companion: HARR1 at Watermans
The latest incarnation of the “My New Robot Companion” project is now on show at Watermans in Kew, London until the 23rd of October. Normally, robots do not move unless they are performing a task, HARR1 (Humanoid Art Research Robot 1) is designed to fidget and move almost continuously, more like humans do. Also HARR1…