The Ornitorrinco Project

Eduardo Kac
Source: Eduardo Kac

Eduardo Kac

The Ornitorrinco Project , –
Co-workers & Funding
ZKM | Institute for Visual Media Co-Worker: Giselle Beiguelman

Ed Bennett

See Also: RC Robot
http://www.ekac.org/ornitorrincoM.html
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Description
Eduardo Kac pioneered telepresence art in 1986, when he created his first wireless robot, a remote-controlled anthropomorphic figure through which human participants could engage in conversation. In 1989 Kac developed with Ed Bennett the telerobot Ornitorrinco, and with it a series of telepresence works -- including the first wireless telerobotic artwork on the Internet, in 1994.

http://www.ekac.org/ornitorrincoM.html
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • anthropomorph
    • navigable
    • sculptural
  • genres
    • installations
      • interactive installations
    • robotic art
  • subjects
    • Media and Communication
      • communication
    • Technology and Innovation
      • robots
      • telematics
      • telepresence
Technology & Material
Hardware
In 1984 Kac created in Rio de Janeiro a telepresence project entitled "Cyborg". The project involved three different galleries (Galeria Cândido Mendes, Funarte, and Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage) and remote control of objects. The project was not realized due to countless technical obstacles.
Method
Ubiquitous telephone and the employment of DTMF signals for real-time motion control.
Exhibitions & Events
Metamachines: Where is the Body?
Ornitorrinco in the Sahara (St. Petersburg Biennale, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Aldo Castillo Gallery)
Eduardo Kac - Ornitorrinco in Eden
Ornitorrinco on the Moon - (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Kunstlerhaus)
Siggraph 1992
Bibliography
3 publications