Robot Dreams
09.06. - 12.09.2010
"Man is the most successful machine on earth … from the neck up he is amazing, from the neck down he is no match for other machines,” said Edwin Johnson in 1968. He suggested that a combination of the best characteristics of man and machinery ought to produce "the ideal machine”. Pioneering artists such as the Australian Stelarc tried to turn the idea into literal reality. The idea of artificial intelligence has been developed further over the years: a machine should copy human thinking. The display of exhibits spanning about fifty years is dedicated to the relationships between man and machine. Artists of international repute have created new works for the exhibition. Inspired by research, these explore the great question of whether humans can be replaced by machines.