[ISEA2016] Artist Talk: Claire Jervert — Android Portraits

Artist Statement

Claire Jervert describes her Android Portrait project, which examines the historical traditions of portraiture in relation to recent developments in robotic science.
• International nature of android robot projects, and efforts to achieve extreme human verisimilitude.
• Historical portraiture’s goal of conveying the uniqueness and psychological depth of the individual human being.
• Applying these traditional elements of human portraiture to the depiction of contemporary androids, as a metaphor for the questions of human uniqueness raised by the development of humanoid robots.
• Future of portrait traditions in relation to increased integration of androids into everyday life.