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as well as the donation box
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The Robotic Church is a site-specific installation and performance
series created by Chico MacMurtrie and Amorphic Robot Works. During
this 45-minute performance featuring 42 pneumatic and motorized
automata, MacMurtrie transforms the former Norwegian Seaman's Church
into a potent allegory about the human condition, evolution and
nature.
Ranging in size from 12 inches to 15 feet, these robotic performers
surprise audiences with their percussive sounds and gestures, evoking
the origin of communication through rhythm.
Although responding to both pre-programed and live computer sequences,
MacMurtrie's robots are anthropopathic and organic in nature. With
several new additions from last season, their unique expression
promises to create a visually and acoustically immersive and
viscerally uplifting experience.
The Robotic Church
a site-specific installation and performance
presented by
Chico MacMurtrie / Amorphic Robot Works
in association with FuturePerfect Productions
from October 4th to November 2nd
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LAST PERFORMANCES:
Saturday: Oct. 25 & Nov 1 at 3:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Sunday: Oct. 26 & Nov 2 at 3:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Running time approx. 45 min. Space is limited!
Requested Donation: Adults $15, Students $12
Click here to make a reservation
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VENUE
Amorphic Robot Works studio
111 Pioneer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231 (Red Hook)
Click here for MAP
Robotic Church. © Chico MacMurtrie / ARW. Photo: courtesy of Eve Sussman
"MacMurtrie's site-specific sculptures embrace technology and
robotics, and surprise audiences with wholly unusual aesthetic
interventions."
- The Creators Project | click here to read article
"A cacophony of drumming, thumping, chiming, metallic thuds and atonal
string notes, accompanied by the hisses of the pneumatic rams that
operate many of the robots' body parts, creating the show's complex
sonic texture."
- New York Times | click here to read article
Follow this link to watch Artinfo's video feature of
The Robotic Church
Robotic Church. © Chico MacMurtrie / ARW. Photo: courtesy of Ed Newman
The Robotic Church is a site-specific installation and performance
series created by Chico MacMurtrie and Amorphic Robot Works. During
this 45-minute performance featuring 42 pneumatic and motorized
automata, MacMurtrie transforms the former Norwegian Seaman's Church
into a potent allegory about the human condition, evolution and
nature.
Ranging in size from 12 inches to 15 feet, these robotic performers
surprise audiences with their percussive sounds and gestures, evoking
the origin of communication through rhythm.
Although responding to both pre-programed and live computer sequences,
MacMurtrie's robots are anthropopathic and organic in nature. With
several new additions from last season, their unique expression
promises to create a visually and acoustically immersive and
viscerally uplifting experience.
Robotic Church. © Chico MacMurtrie / ARW. Photo: courtesy of Robert Wright
The Robotic Church relies only upon its own resources and your
donations. Our requested donation of $15.00 or more per attendee
covers less than one-third of the cost of the performances that we
offer. Your generous support helps to make up the rest. Please support
The Robotic Church and help us to continue presenting this unique
performance series to New York audiences.
Thank you in advance for your patronage of The Robotic Church!
About Chico MacMurtrie / ARW
Chico MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works
(ARW), a collective he founded in 1991, consisting of artists,
technicians and engineers. ARW is dedicated to the study and creation
of movement as it is expressed in anthropomorphic and abstract robotic
forms.
MacMurtrie's robotic sculptures have been exhibited in major museums
and institutions worldwide, including: Museo de la Reina Sofia, Madrid
(2008), NAMOC, Beijing (2008), MUAC, Mexico City (2009), Beall Center
for Art and Technology, Irvine, CA (2011), 9th Shanghai Biennial
(2012), Pioneer Works, New York (2013/2014), SESC SP, Sao Paulo,
Brazil (2014), The New Media Triennial, NAMOC, Beijing (2014), Cité
des Sciences, Paris (2014-2015).
About FuturePerfect Productions
FuturePerfect is a New York-based interdisciplinary production company
focused on the intersection of live performance, media, visual art and
technology. Wayne Ashley, the former Director of Arts in Multimedia at
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), founded the company in 2008.
FuturePerfect develops works through close and often long-term
relationships with some of today's most interesting artists,
scientists, researchers and organizations. Through ongoing
collaborations FuturePerfect generates and supports new directions in
performance and visual culture through commissions, touring,
consulting, residencies, presentations, and conferences.
www.futureperfectproductions.org
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