Robots and New Media Aesthetics

Robots and other types of artificial beings are frequently included in the realm of new media arts, and provide excellent platforms for exploring relations between humans and technology within an aesthetic approach.

This ROCA seminar will offer insights into three aesthetic realms of robots in new media context: The keynote presentation by Edward Scheer focuses on vibrant materialism in new media dramaturgy, followed by Gunhild Borggreen discussing human-robot interaction in the context of haptic visuality, while Stina Hasse Jørgensen will discuss the vocaloid Hatsune Miku’s popularity in relation to the commodity aesthetic of the cute.

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The event is open for the public. It is organised by ROCA (Robot Culture and Aesthetics), a interdisciplinary research network based at the University of Copenhagen.

The event is sponsored by TRANSOR, an international research network for Transdisciplinary Studies in Social Robotics.