Uncanny Valley Authority
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New Office opening at 21 Grand in November!
Continuing its mission to identify, classify, document and promote better understanding of robot types and their relationship to human forms, the Robot Identification Institute will be open to the public for the month of November. The temporary office will be located at 21 Grand, an interdisciplinary art space located in Oakland California. The office, under the leadership of its Founder and Executive Director, Eliot K Daughtry, will take reports, provide alerts about unusual robot activity, and expand the Robot Taxonomy. The RII will also debut new bas-relief art works as a new exhibition in our space! These carved panels represent different robots taken from the classes of the taxonomy. The public is invited to: • add to the robot taxonomy at the office The Taxonomy: Robots from Human to AI Have you ever found yourself confused about how many different kinds of robots there are? Whether a Replicant is related to a Dalek, or if the Motoman knows Bishop? Why do so many robots look like humans in the movies, but giant machine arms in a factory? The Robot Taxonomy Project provides a framework that explores a spectrum of robots that moves from embodied to disembodied constructions. The Robot Taxonomy uses four major classes and numerous subclasses to provide a guide to help understand different kinds of robots, their stories and uses. The Robot Identification Institute: The RII is the research unit of the Uncanny Valley Authority (UVA), concerned with phenomena affecting the Uncanny Valley concerning robots, their representation, and the proliferation of objects that are called robots. The Uncanny Valley Authority: Interceding where conditions allow machines to become alive, the Uncanny Valley Authority provides retrieval, rehabilitation, and recuperation for systems found within its provenance. Handling abandoned, outmoded and unpredicted manifestations of anthropomorphized forms, the UVA maintains a network of facilities to transition its charges into useful, productive entities. Whether a system is captured wild, surrendered by a user, or remands itself into custody, the UVA remakes each as a uniform, updated system, ready to serve new purposes. About Eliot K Daughtry: Eliot K Daughtry, conceptual artist, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Robot Identification Institute. Concerned with representations of technology and authority, he works in the border where real and unreal merge into one. He is part of the AV performance collaboration killer banshee, a contributing artist and advisor for the Illuminated Corridor project, and a curator for the T-10 Video Festival. A recent MFA graduate from California College of the Arts, his work has been shown at venues including the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC, the Richmond Art Center, and the Oakland Museum of California. http://eliotkdaughtry.com 21 Grand: 21 Grand is an interdisciplinary arts space championing innovative visual and performing arts since 2000. Gallery hours: 21 Grand 510.444.7263
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