This paper examines two soft robots from technical research and media art respectively and the practices through which they come into being. Departing from a juxtaposition of video presentations of the two robots, the empirical ontologies of a soft robot enacted in practice are analysed. The paper argues that two different versions of softness are being done and that the two sets of practices concomitantly respecify “knowledge” and “autonomy” as concepts, with different ethical and political implications. ; This paper examines two soft robots from technical research and media art respectively and the practices through which they come into being. Departing from a juxtaposition of video presentations of the two robots, the empirical ontologies of a soft robot enacted in practice are analysed. The paper argues that two different versions of softness are being done and that the two sets of practices concomitantly respecify “knowledge” and “autonomy” as concepts, with different ethical and political implications.
Enacting the Soft Automaton: Empirical Ontologies of Two Soft Robots from Technical Research and Media Art
2018-10-25
Jørgensen , J 2018 , Enacting the Soft Automaton: Empirical Ontologies of Two Soft Robots from Technical Research and Media Art . in EVA Copenhagen 2018 : Politics of the Machines - Art and After . , 23 , British Computer Society , Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC) , pp. 1-9 . https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.23
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC: | 629 |