What happens when you give a robot a massive canvas, a can of spray paint and a load of your faces?
Robot Selfie is a collaboration between audience, AI, artist, and robot. Each party has agency to make their own choices to create something together. The anarchy in the automation makes it a messy game of consequences.
The emergence of haphazardly painted faces as the robot takes its turn, reminds us we are all in this together, in all its poetry and chaos. Strangers next to each other, simultaneously present, together, and yet apart.
We’re asking the community of Stoke-on-Trent to submit your selfie for the chance to appear on the giant canvas. Come along from Wednesday 2 March to Friday 4 March to watch Robot Selfie at work as the canvas takes shape. Join the Catalyst Community Spectacular on Saturday 5 March to view the finished piece and see if your selfie made it onto canvas.
It’s easy to submit your selfie. Follow this link from Monday 21 February https://robotselfie.live/stoke
Here’s a ‘how to’ video on how to upload your selfie How-to Tips: Robot Selfie – YouTube
For live updates follow #PaintedByARobot #RobotSelfieStoke @kaleider
About Kaleider
Kaleider is an international production studio led by artist Seth Honnor and producer Katie Keeler. Kaleider makes playable artworks. We combine installation, live performance and digital to design artworks for audiences, which we tour to cities, festivals, venues and public spaces all over the world.
In the last 5 years we have performed 144 international gigs in 14 countries on 5 continents to more than 65,000 people.
Kaleider Studios is in Exeter, UK and is where we make our work and run projects.
We share our space with other creative organisations and individuals, many of whom we collaborate with and who collaborate with each other.
Kaleider is an IN SITU artist 2020 – 2024 (UN) COMMON SPACES. IN SITU is the European platform for artistic creation in public space.
Kaleider is an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, 2015-23, and is funded by Exeter City Council.
www.kaleider.com
Featured image by Helen Boast
