LookingOutwards-11

One female artist whom I researched was Kate Armstrong. An example of interesting work that she created was The Problem of Other Minds, which is a voice activated robotic sculpture in a glass orb (http://katearmstrong.com/artwork/robot.php). When it hears words that it recognizes, it unrolls paper that has on it it thoughts, observations and diagrams. I found this really unique because it has an interactive aspect, and humans trigger the action that the robot produces. This work was made in 2006, and the unravelling of paper represents how the robot stored information and is now recalling it. To describe the artist, she is a curator and Vancouver based writer. Her practice is interdisciplinary and she works with generative systems, objects, photography, video and many more fields combining art and technology. She has produced many exhibitions over the years and has experience writing for museums, schools, and various presses about her artistic contributions.