ChicoMacMurtrie and two other crew members from Amorphic Robot Works are conducting the Robotic Arts Workshop in relation to their upcoming exhibition at the Experimental Art Foundation entitled Inflatable Bodies : A New Generation of Robotic Sculpture from Amorphic Robot Works as part of the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts 2006. (The exhibition will take place in the period March 2 - April 8, 2006)
ARW will arrive with new work created specifically for the installation, and will be equipped with the tools to create new site specific inflatable robotic elements from scratch.
The Workshop will allow participants to get involved in all of the aspects of completing this complex installation, including: sewing new inflatables, gluing new inflatables, installing feedback sensors, programming max, and other midi software, hooking up pneumatic
systems, wiring, modeling components on the computer, using rhino, lamina design and solid works, welding aluminum parts.
Workshop Dates: February 24 - March 7, 2006
Venue: Experimental Art Foundation
Australian Artists of all types and technicians interested in art can come together each bringing their talent and hopefully walking away with new incite and skill to contribute to there own work. After the installation opens on Thursday 2 March, the Workshop will continue to introduce new elements to the installation each day.
Please contact EAF if you can lend the following equipment and or skills :
-Aluminum welder/metal workshop;
-Computer that can run or have installed the following cad packages:
Solid Works Rhino, Lamina Design;
-Industrial sewing machines;
-Expert in max and servo control
Registration: You can express your interest to take part in the workshop by e-mail to director@eaf.asn.au
Please write ROBOTIC ARTS WORKSHOP in the Subject line.
The deadline to express interest is February 1, 2006.
Capacity of the workshop: 8 - 12 participants will be selected for the workshop.
The registration for the Workshop is free.
Travel and stay for the interstate participants is at cost to the participant.
Additional activity:
Public Lecture, Chico MacMurtrie The Creation of Robotic Arts
4 - 6 PM MONDAY 6 MARCH 2006
MERCURY CINEMA, Lion Arts Centre, 13 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia
*Chico MacMurtrie's residency, workshop and exhibition in Australia has been made possible with the assistance of the South Australian Government through Arts SA's Artist in Residence Program, and by the Australian Government through the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council.
The EAF is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the South Australian Government through Arts SA. The EAF is also supported through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments. The EAF is a member of Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia.
EXPERIMENTAL ART FOUNDATION curates its exhibition program to represent new work that expands current debates and ideas in contemporary visual art. The EAF incorporates a gallery space, bookshop and artists studios.
Lion Arts Centre North Terrace at Morphett Street Adelaide * PO Box 8091 Station Arcade South Australia 5000 * Tel: +618 8211 7505 * Fax +618 8211 7323 * eaf@eaf.asn.au * Bookshop: eafbooks@eaf.asn.au * www.eaf.asn.au * Director: Melentie Pandilovski
The Experimental Art Foundation is assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, it arts funding and advisory body and by the South Australian Government through Arts SA. The EAF is also supported through the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.