{"id":5481,"date":"2011-11-16T01:42:22","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T01:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=5481"},"modified":"2012-11-30T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T19:47:17","slug":"nicholas-stedman-tribot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=5481","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Stedman: Tribot"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 2\u201313, 2011
\nGALLERY 1313\u00a0Main and Process\u00a0Gallery<\/p>\n

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\nNicholas Stedman\u2019s experimental project, Tribot, can be found in the current exhibition at Parkdale\u2019s artist-run centre, Gallery 1313.<\/p>\n

The Message<\/em> participates in Toronto\u2019s marking of Marshall Mcluhan\u2019s centennial, featuring artworks which commemorate and reflect on the constant impact of his theoretical legacies. Tribot, a continuation of Stedman\u2019s ongoing effort to create artificial life in the form of companions, is comprised of a dog, a man, and a robot, all confined in one white-walled room. The interactions of the three are recorded, and the exhibition displays this video documentation alongside the now inactive robot. With a focus on behavioural rather than visual elements, Stedman\u2019s robot is meant to instigate social relations, in this case with the dog, to see how it (or someone) will react to artificial life as opposed to interactions with that which is \u201creal.\u201d Stedman\u2019s work comes across as a playful experiment, with the unruly behaviour of the dog, and the amusement of Stedman as mediator, provoking laughter. Yet Tribot holds great intrigue, as it underlines the increasingly present tensions in our contemporary framework between that which is alive and that which is lifelike.<\/p>\n

Miriam Arbus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Miriam Arbus<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 2\u201313, 2011<\/strong>
\nGALLERY 1313<\/strong><\/p>\n

It underlines the increasingly present tensions in our contemporary framework between that which is alive and that which is lifelike.<\/p>\n

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