General
Taiwan’s annual Digital and Performing Arts Festival vol. 2, featuring 7 pages on body>data>space. June 2013
About Robots and Avatars
It’s art that’s interactive and immersive.” The Guardian
“While the creations featured in Robots and Avatars seem straight out of science fiction (…) they could be only a short step away.” Liverpool Post
“Blurring the lines between reality and the virtual world, the exhibit examines our reliance on technology and our willingness to hand machines increasing degrees of control.” Dazed.com
“A show revealing some of the ways robots and on-screen avatars could change our lives, as the borders between our physical and virtual lives begin to blur.” The New Scientist
“ambitious, thought-provoking, and challenging exhibition.” The DoubleNegative
“The exhibition tackles the overlap between the virtual and the real worlds.” Wired
BBC Click TV
BBC programme exploring technologies and new media. One episode (30 mins) covering and filmed from Robots and Avatars Exhibition in Liverpool. Broadcasted 21/04/2012.
- Full episode (UK only) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01gykwg/Click_21_04_2012/
- Sequences dedicated to the Exhibition:
- Are humans ready to become digital?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9714944.stm
- The device that turns you into a robothttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9714820.stm
- Webscape: Social networking robotshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9714635.stm
BBC Arabic / 4TECH, technology programme
- 7 November 2012: Marco Donnarumma on ‘Music for Flesh II’ from 15:00 to 20:15. WATCH HERE.
- 1 December 2012: Ghislaine Boddington on ‘Robots and Avatars’ and ‘Visions of our Communal Dreams’ from 18:30 to the end. WATCH HERE
- 9 December 2012: Alex Haw / ATMOS on ‘Outreach’ from 16:00 to 20:40. WATCH HERE
BBC 4 Radio / Material World / Quentin Cooper interviews
Ghislaine Boddington (body>data>space creative director) and Noel Sharkey (Professor of Robotics at Sheffield University, Robots & Avatars project champion) on Robots & Avatars. 15/03/2012
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d2rgl
BBC World Service Radio / Click, October 2012
A ‘blind’ robot in Slovenia aims to enable humans to be more human. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zv9tc
New Scientist / Paul Marks review on Robots and Avatars: “Trousers with attitude show resistance is futile”. 20/03/2012
www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/03/trousers-with-attitude-show-resistance-is-useless.html
EL PAIS / Robots y hombres electrónicos 30/05/2012
blogs.elpais.com/arte-en-la-edad-silicio/2012/04/robots-y-hombres-electronicos.html
Liverpool Post / Laura Davis (Arts Editor) / “INTERVIEW: Robots and Avatars exhibition at Fact in Liverpool”. 15/03/2012
www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-culture/liverpool-arts/2012/03/15/interview-robots-and-avatars-exhibition-at-fact-in-liverpool-99623-30525392/#ixzz1pm2NMcY2
Liverpool Echo / Catherine Jones / “FACT’s new exhibition takes visitors inside the world of Robots and Avatars”. 12/03/2012
HAPPY FAMOUS ARTISTS, by Intelligensius Anarchus, 28 September 2012
happyfamousartists.com/blog/2012/09/bodydataspace-presents-robots-and-avatars-uk-selection/