One of a series of ‘futurist films’ by global design collective Universal Everything exploring human-machine collaboration through performance and emerging technologies. To wit:
A dancer teaches a series of three robots (in this case, Izzy) how to move. As the robots’ abilities develop from shaky mimicry to composed mastery, a physical dialogue emerges between man and machine – mimicking, balancing, challenging, competing, outmanoeuvring…
…killing all humans, etc.
Previously: More Than Human
An installation by global design collective Universal Everything currently running at the Barbican in London as part of the AI: More Than Human exhibition.
Visitors are presented with a gyrating, wiggling abstract animation that tracks and mimics their movements via 47,000 possible variations.
The animation becomes more agile as it learns the specific movements of the observer. The exhibition runs until the end of August, if you’re passing.
Knoxsville zoo resident Einstein the African Grey Parrot showcases his impressive vocal skills on the occasion of his 30th birthday.
https://twitter.com/WorldAndScience/status/885710538424156160
Philliidae – when it comes to mimicking leaves, nobody does it better.
(H/T: John Gallen)
Bits And Pieces – a kinetic artwork by Nils Volker consisting of 108 toy Hoberman Spheres suspended from the ceiling of NOME Gallery in Berlin, synchronised by microcontrollers into patterns designed to mimic biological systems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzi8JFx0ys
The vocal stylings of a talented mimic and a regular visitor to the family that rescued him as a fledgling.
A Lyrebird recorded last year at Healesville Sancturary outside Melbourne, perfectly mimicking the sound of a toy laser gun, human voices, a camera shutter and the songs of various other birds.
He’s currently working on an album of his own material.
Body painter Trina Merry blends models into some familiar landmarks of New York City.
Acrylic painted fruit ‘n’ veg shenanigans by Japanese artist Hika Rishu
