The robotic Cello questions the role of a behavior-changing object as part of an artistic Installation piece. The embodied aspect of human beings is often denied in contemporary western society. It is yet one of the major aspects which guides our perception and understanding of the world.
Artistic practice includes a constant questioning and inventing of artistic language itself.
Integrating Interactivity in artwork and combining it with sensory experience like sound and movement is a way to enlarge artistic language in a direction, which amplifies and addresses the question of embodiment. My project is a study of the human face that uses experimental animation techiniques to bridge traditional drawing techniques with standard animation and digital animation. The final product will eventually be translated to film, but for this presentation I will use a VHS format, as the project is not yet complete. The desire to preserve and prolong life, while preventing one's death or aging is nearly universal. Psychologists have reported that the elderly tell stories of their lives in a repetitive manner not as the result of Alzheimer's disease, but rather as an approach toward preserving their existence on this earth beyond their impending physical departure.