The Artbots 2008 Robot Talent Show is this weekend, in Dublin, Ireland (whoo international art stars!).

The show features 15 works by 16 artists from 9 countries, as well as performances, workshops, lectures, and an awards ceremony. Participating works were selected from an international open call for “robotic art and art-making robots”, and represent a broad and inclusive cross-section of the tremendous range of creative art and robotics activity.

The ArtBots 2008 Dublin participants are: Paula Matthusen (USA), Leo Peschta (Austria), Koichiro Mori (Japan), Matt Denton (UK), Yuliya Lanina (Russia/USA), Che-Wei Wang & Kristin O’Friel (Japan/USA), Matthew Gardiner (Australia), Ralf Baecker (Germany), Byeong Sam Jeon (Korea/USA), Peter Redmond (Ireland), Allison Kudla (USA), Jack Pavlik (USA), Joan Healy (Ireland), Christopher Kaczmarek (USA), and Riley Harmon (USA).

Sound artist Ray Lee (UK) will celebrate the opening of the show on Friday with two presentations of “Forcefield”, a kinetic sound machine performance. Metal fabricator/artisan Phillip Isohe (Kenya) has created this year’s Robots’ Choice Award, and designer Eliza Gauger (USA) created the 2008 ArtBots t-shirt design. During the show members of the EU funded Living with Robots and Interactive Companions project will lead discussions with the artists and audience members.

Douglas Repetto, one of the curators, is an old SB pal, so when he is rich and famous we say we knew him when. We will also be able to wave at him from the police barricades when he gets out of the limo for those red carpeted events and he may even *glance our way* !

The show looks completely awesome with some really exceptional pieces and interesting-sounding panels (for example, “Are we living in a Robotic Cargo Cult?” which question of course wonder about every day).

So, if you are in the Dublin area, grab a pint and head down to Artbots 2008, we wish we could be there!

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