a history of cybernetic animals and early robots
Robots created by artists and / or used in art.
John Fare Since the late 60's I have browsed all types of magazines for articles on electronic art, kinetic art, and robots. When I first came upon the John Fare article, I tucked it away, taking it at face value, for a future use. Given the rise of the internet, it appears that the "John Fare" story has re-surfaced …
Read More “1964 – Performance Artist using Robotic Props – John Fare (Canadian)”
You can see a sliding door rail and rollers providing the horizontal guidance. from a comment made on the Scienceworks site re Robbie 19/10/2009 09:03 PM Daniel Bernard Smith was my uncle and when we used to visit his house he would often fire up Robbie and make his arm go up and …
Read More “1960c – Painting Machine – Bernard Smith (Australian)”
Trefor Prest creates some of the most amazing and fantastic sculpture I've ever come across. I've been to Gruyeres and seen H.R. Giger's work, seen Hans Bellmer's "Machine-Gunneress in A State of Grace", and to see Trefor's sculptures is something else again. His maritime series has a Vernian feel about them, a world of Nautilus submarine melded with …
Read More “1972 – BioMechanical Sculpture – Trefor Prest (Welsh-Australian)”
The blue Wazoo senses light and sound and responds with a behavioral repetoire of various LED patterns, movements, inflations, deflations, whirs, clicks and jiggles. It is six feet high and weighs about twentyfive pounds. It was made in 1975-76 and uses TTL logic circuits. It is currently owned by Allan Stone of the Allan Stone …
Read More “1975-6 – “Blue Wazoo” Cybernetic Sculpture – Jim Pallas (American)”
Growing up in Australia in the 1960s, "Mini-Computer" by Ken Reinhard was my first encounter with Computers and Art. Who can tell… ART? SCULPTURE? MACHINERY? What would you expect to see at on art exhibition featuring on "environ machine" and a "mini-computer"? Something resembling office furniture? That's what I thought, until I opened my program …
Read More “1968 – “Mini-Computer” – Ken Reinhard (Australian)”