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Adrianne Wortzel
«Camouflage Town»
«Camouflage Town» was a telerobotic interactive installation where the robot lived in a public space interacting with, and allowing interaction between, physical and remote visitors. Streaming real-time video and audio, with web controls for remote visitors, the robot could mirror each human visitor's alter ego and evidence human
capabilities for interaction with a digital machine character.
When not controlled by a web user, Kiru, the robot, autonomously spouted pre-recorded critical speeches originating with the artist which were constantly thwarted by remote visitors taking over its functions of motion, speech, and camera. Kiru's intrinsic personality was one of a cultural curmudgeon from another world (Camouflage Town). His mission was to ironically deconstruct the polar opposites of good and evil through language, relating oral histories about Camouflage Town. Kiru has messages for us through a medium, but is continually thwarted by viewers who take over control, asserting medium over message.
Adrianne Wortzel
Camouflage town was presented in the exhibition «DATA DYNAMICS» curated by Christiane Paul. THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
Adrianne Wortzel