TECHNOLOGY & ART
Are the days of the artist numbered? In the ever changing world of robotics the jobs of many people are threatened. It is estimated that over 40% of jobs will be turned over to robots with in the next few years. Are artists exempt?
Sonice Development invents and builds kinetic installations. Haas and Adenauer work on a coherent beauty of imperfection, by linking both worlds – the digital and the material. one of their latest inventions is Vertwalker!
Vertwalker is a robotic self automated machine that has the ability to pick its colors and work autonomously creating abstract images on vertical surfaces. The robots are used in the “Colorspace” series, the first of which was the “Emerging Colorspace” displayed last year at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Presently two installations using vertwalker are in Berlin, featuring the “Rising Colorspace” and “Sensing Colorspace.” The first is located at Metropol-Park and the latter is at the 25hours Hotel Bikini Berlin.
" The works of Haas and Adenauer have a relationship to the architectural environment. Often they are specifically made for the sheer location to affect the people they come into contact with.
Most of their works derive from research, observation and their desire to discover and understand."