3RNP
A HUMAN MODEL IS DRAWN BY THREE ROBOTS NAMED PAUL, 2014
Patrick Tresset (FR)
3RNP — or ‘3 Robots Named Paul’ — is a theatrical robotic installation where the human becomes a model.
In a scene reminiscent of a life drawing class, the human takes the sitter's role and is sketched by three robots, drawing obsessively. Their bodies are old school desks. The drawing sessions last up to forty minutes, during which time the human cannot see the drawings in progress. The sitter only sees the robots alternating between observing and drawing, sometimes pausing between the two. The sounds produced by each robot’s motors create an improvised soundtrack.
As the model in a life drawing class, the human is personality-less, an object of study. The human sitter is passive, the robots taking what is perceived as the artistic role. Visitors to Science Gallery Dublin can sit for the robots and receive a digital version of their portraits. Will a computer see you the way you see yourself?
BIO
Patrick Tresset is a London-based artist, originally from France, who creates theatrical installations with robotic agents as actors or cybernetic evocations of humanness. Patrick’s installations use computational systems which aim to introduce artistic, expressive and obsessive aspects to robots’ behaviour. These systems are influenced by research into human behaviour and, more specifically, how human artists depict other humans, as well as how humans perceive artworks and how humans relate to robots. Patrick also develops and uses robots and autonomous computational systems to produce drawings, paintings and animations. His award-winning work has been internationally exhibited in association with major museums and institutions such as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Modern in London, the Israel Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, MMCA in Seoul, BOZAR in Brussels, the Fondazione Prada in Milan, and at events such as Ars Electronica, Update_5, WRO2015, BIAN, London Art Fair, Kinetica and Istanbul Biennial.
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