{"uid":"GGOgOcu8RLzvwZsy","type":"artist","tags":["others"],"group":"no","group_name":null,"project_title":"TIRESIAS","summary":"Robots are designed to play a significant role in everyday life as technological cohabitants. \nPeople tend to attribute human characteristic to the robots and face them as living organisms. \nBased on the ideas of cyborg and animism, we don\u2019t understand robots as mere tools, but as creative entities, capable of expanding the role they are given by their human creators. \n\nTIRESIAS is a non-anthropomorphic entity that moves naturally trying to develop an equal dynamic partnership with the human co-performer. The work is based on the blind prophet Tiresias, who creates his own identities, escaping the distinctions of man and woman. Tiresias is a blind figure from the Greek mythology, who can \u2018see\u2019 into oneself and find self-knowledge. TIRESIAS explores the ways in which we can avoid dualities of human and non-human entities and find new interesting relationships between different actors.\n\nThis installation speaks from the side of a tentacular machine. Tentacular beings explore the world and their self through touch. But the palm has not the means of covering the whole of the truth. The sensory perceptions can lead to misinterpretations, as there are various aspects of truth and limited sensory experience. \n\nTIRESIAS is a self-actualising machine that tries to understand the properties of itself. The knowledge that TIRESIAS infers is reflected in the environment in the form of sound-waves as an approach to materialise the machines\u2019 perception about itself.","space":"The installation consists of a supporting structure, in which are attached the electronics and a flexible tentacular construction. \n\nThe size of the installation is 40cmx200cmx40cm and the weight is estimated about 15kg. \n\nThe installation is to be rigged from a flybar\/fix bar\/truss, using a projector ceiling mount, making it very stable. \n\nThe audience can interact with TIRESIAS anytime in close distance, and they can watch some scheduled performances, in which TIRESIAS performs with a dancer.","artists_proposal":null,"members":[],"lang":"en","status":"ok","video_link_password":null,"video_link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ysmOKczMoIM","audio_link_password":null,"audio_link":null,"images_link_password":null,"images_link":null,"cellphone":null,"description":null,"estimated_budget":null,"complementary_info":null,"names":"Eleni","surname":"Xynogala","email":"elen.xynogala@gmail.com","dni_type":"PASAPORTE","dni":"AP0742947","address":"Viotias 6","city":"Athens","nacionality":"Greek","country_id":"91","birthdate":"1993-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","birthdate_2":"1993-03-31T21:00:00.000Z","telephone":"+306987584981","web":"http:\/\/www.elenxyn.com\/"}