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Machines of Futility Curator’s Tour

January 26, 2020 at 3pm Jepson Center
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Neil Mendoza; Robotic Voice Activated word Kicking Machine, 2016; horns, tubing, microphone, speakers, mechanical foot and projector; dimensions variable; collection of the artist

Take a curator guided tour of our exhibition, Machines of Futility, featuring interactive and kinetic art that highlights artists making machines that use humor and absurdity to question the usefulness of technology.

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Machines of Futility: Unproductive Technologies

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This exhibition of interactive and kinetic art highlights artists making machines that use humor and absurdity to question the usefulness of technology. The exhibition includes artist Neil Mendoza’s Robotic Voice Activated Word Kicking Machine, which humorously visualizes how machines hear or don’t hear what we say, substituting an absurd apparatus for the unseen technology in our pockets and homes.
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