[ISEA2010] Artists Statement: Márton András Juhász, Gergely Kovács, Melinda Matúz & Barbara Sterk – Where Is Your Art?

Artists Statement

Kinetic sound installation. In this installation, machine and human power are cross-connected to produce a bizarre discourse on art. Manipulated dancing and singing plush toys are connected to Twitter’s search engine. Whenever a tweet contains the word ‘art’, one of the plush robots translates the tweet into speech and communicates it to the others. So the art-sensitive robots are sharing thoughts on art in real time.

  • Márton András Juhász (HU) is a biochemist and media-artist based in Budapest. He is the research supervisor of Kitchen Budapest media lab.
  • Gergely Kovács (HU) is an architect and one of the founders of the Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Center. He works frequently with fine artists, sociologists and urban planners.
  • Melinda Matúz (HU) is an architect and PhD candidate at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest.
  • Barbara Sterk (HU) is a sociologist and media artist interested in the techno-social and critical aspects of interaction. She is currently investigating positivism in media art.

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