Friday, January 14, 2022

Rob's Room: Can't Help Myself Art Installation by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu

Who doesn't relate to Sisyphus and this robot...? 

Can't Help Myself Art Installation by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu (via The Guggenheim Museum)
In this work commissioned for the Guggenheim Museum, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu employ an industrial robot, visual-recognition sensors, and software systems to examine our increasingly automated global reality, one in which territories are controlled mechanically and the relationship between people and machines is rapidly changing. Placed behind clear acrylic walls, their robot has one specific duty, to contain a viscous, deep-red liquid within a predetermined area. When the sensors detect that the fluid has strayed too far, the arm frenetically shovels it back into place, leaving smudges on the ground and splashes on the surrounding walls.
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