Information
Eduardo Kac >
»The Ornitorrinco Project«, 1989 - 1996
Co-Workers & Funding:
ZKM | Institute for Visual Media Co-Worker: Giselle BeiguelmanEd Bennett
See Also: RC Robot
http://www.ekac.org/ornitorrincoM.html
Technology
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.
Descriptions & Essays
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
Literature
Kac, Eduardo. »Ornitorrico and Rara Avis: Networked Teleprescence Art.« Leonardo 29, no. 5 (1996): 389-400.
Kac, Eduardo. »Telepresence Art.« In Teleskulptur, edited by Richard Kriesche, 48-72. Graz, Austria: Kulturdata, 1993.
Kac, Eduardo. »Ornitorrinco: Exploring Telepresence and Remote Sensing.« Leonardo 24, no. 2 (1991): 233.
Exhibitions & Events
1996
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1994
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1993
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