Robot opera: A Gesamtkunstwerk for the 21st century

Wade Marynowsky, Julian Knowles, Andrew Frost

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Abstract

Robot Opera proposes an avant-garde spectacle of performative media that places robots centre stage as signifiers of high culture within a 21st century total art work of the future. This chapter addresses how framing robotic performance as a Gesamtkunstwerk (and its historical ambitions) contributes to the canon of Cultural Robotics. The notion of robotic performance agency is detailed through the history and theories surrounding representations of the robot in popular culture, representations of robots as performance agents and through the dramaturgical concepts explored in Marynowsky’s previous robotic art works.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCultural Robotics
Subtitle of host publicationFirst International Workshop, CR 2015, Held as Part of IEEE RO-MAN 2015, Kobe, Japan, August 31, 2015. Revised Selected Papers
EditorsJefferey T.K.V. Koh, Belinda J. Dunstan, David Silvera-Tawil, Mari Velonaki
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages143-158
Number of pages16
Volume9549
ISBN (Electronic)9783319429458
ISBN (Print)9783319429441
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event1st International Workshop on Cultural Robotics, CR 2015 and Held as Part of IEEE RO-MAN 2015 - Kobe, Japan
Duration: 31 Aug 201531 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Cultural Robotics, CR 2015 and Held as Part of IEEE RO-MAN 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKobe
Period31/08/1531/08/15

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