Robotic art connections

As much in art as in intimacy

"Do androids dream of electric sheep?" asked author Philip K. Dick in the title of the novel to be adapted into a film as "Blade Runner." This hypothetical question could already be asked since they are starting to be found in some places, including art museums. This ARTE report actually looks at artists who have decided to introduce robotics into their art.

Such as visitors can interact with an android sitting on a bench that can answer their questions, a small animatronic mouse that only shows its embarrassment after "breaking a wall" or another robot that literally draws works.

This approach by artists goes hand in hand with the advent of more advanced artificial intelligences, capable of responding to human interactions. By the way, interestingly, the robot on a museum bench comes from French robotics designers who specialize in... sex machines. So we end up with automatons that are artists and that can get out of the solitude of individuals. For many art experts, this is a future reality for art and a new way for artists to express themselves.

Length: 14min25