week 3

When I saw the topic for discussion this week, I thought, “What could robotics have to do with art? Are robots art? I guess. But what do they mean?” As I watched the lectures, I began to understand the idea of robotics and science connecting to art. 

One point that I pondered about throughout lecture and as I researched was the fact that robotics are often used in the mass production of art in the modern world. Picture any image you have seen at Urban Outfitters, Ikea, Kitson- they are all mass produced images on canvas. How are they made? They are made through technology and robotics in factories and sold to us as art.  

This image was a mass produced item from Ikea, made with robotics on a factory line. This is a very clear connection of robotics and science leading to art.

Recently, there was a viral video in which a robot creates a work of art through moving objects and creating images. The video below is this work of art.

Robots themselves are even depicted in movies as very artistic pieces sometimes. They appear very elegant and complex. In the movie "I Robot", for example, the robots are so sleek they appear as true pieces of art. Therefore, not only are they creating art, but they are art. 

Citations:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/decoration/10788/

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/category.jsp?id=A_FURN_WALL

http://singularityhub.com/2013/10/01/robotics-and-art-combine-in-latest-viral-video-box/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/smart-sleek-home-robot-vacuum-203000184.html

IMAGES:

http://www.jama.org/media_photos_us.html

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30209381/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6JcybgDFo

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://unrealitymag.bcmediagroup