I BOT
Daniel Premec
The multimedia installation “I BOT” (JA BOT) explores the ways of contemporary life. It addresses today’s society, its dependency on technology, robotics and scientific discoveries. Originally conceived to make our human existences more comfortable, they have turned against and dehumanize us. Despite many efforts to prevent this process, dehumanization had already taken place: the development of robotic science has left millions unemployed. Therefore, there is a need to impose and address several sociological questions about robotics’ “real” usefulness. The idea that robots are to be created only to aid humanity, not to damage the quality of its life has, had been established by Isak Asimov in 1950. It was conceived as the main principle of the robotic science. It is made out of 4 articles, all pointing to the first one that has been disregarded from the start.
The current technological conditions are “the present” for some countries and “the future” for the others. An impossibility to follow the technological developments (artificial intelligence, robotics, creation of humanoids) on the global level, has led to numerous rhetorical discussions between scientists and members of liberal –arts communities. They’ve all aware of one mutual concern: What could happen to developing countries that are not able to follow current tendencies of the developed world? I’ve been following those discussions for years. The appearance of the shocking “Female humanoid” called “the perfect Woman” on the market, only endorses my concerns about the final goal of the robotic science. I believe the aim is creation of a humanoid, precisely a female humanoid. Barbie doll had influenced the global consciousness and established standards for physical appearance, therefore expanding needs for plastic surgeries. The Internet had increased alienation between people, intensified their inability to communicate in the real world and expanded their need for the virtual. Currently, there are increasing demands for “purchasing” partner of opposite sex.
The installation “I BOT” could be seen as an autoportret, a sculpture, a robot-shape replica of me. He is sitting on a floor, projecting an image (memory) from his eye on his own body, precisely an image of me as a child onto the wall. The child and the robot are placed in opposition to each other, creating an uncomfortable experience of mutual observation. An inevitable question has to be imposed: Am I he or is he me.
I BOT (JA BOT)
Daniel Premec
Multimedijalna instalacija pod nazivom „I BOT„ (JA BOT), je djelo koji se u suštini bavi sadašnjicom. Ovo djelo također problematizira savremeno društvo, koje je u potpunosti ovisno o tehnologiji, robotici i ostalim segmentima znanstvenih otkrića, koje imaju za cilj da nam olakšaju život a ne da dovedu do dehumanizacije. Sa druge strane događa se baš suprotno jer pojavom robotike enorman broj ljudi je ostao bez zaposlenja, tako da je sa socijološkog aspekta upitno koliko je robotizacija u ulozi zamjene čovjeka zapravo od pomoći. Ideja da je robot od pomoći a ne na štetu čovječanstvu, je još 1950. godine utemeljena kao zakon robotike čiji je tvorac Isak Asimov, zakon koji ima 4 stavke a sve su upućene ka prvoj koja je odavno prekršena.
Što je za neke države „sadašnjica„ za druge je „budućnost„, ne mogučnost da se prati aktuelni tehnloški razvoj (umijetna inteligencija, robotika, pojava humanoida) na globalnom nivou je dovelo do razlićitih retoričkih rasprava između znanstvenika i pripadnika humanističkih znanosti, gdje su svi saglasni u jednom, šta će biti sa zemljama u razvoju koje ne mogu da prate trenutna stremljenja u razvijenim zemljama. Praćenje navedenih rasprava, te šokantna pojava na tržištu robotike, „Žene„ humanoida, koja ima naziv „Savršena žena„ mi je samo potvrdilo strijepnju unazad šesnaest godina da je krajnji cilj robotike humanoid, to jest žena. Kao što je Barbi utjecala na globalnu svijest o fizičkom uzoru, te dovela do ekspanzije estetske hirurgije, tako i internet sve većoj asocijalnosti, otuđenju ljudi i nemogučnosti da komuniciraju u stvarnom svijetu već samo u virtuelnom, dovodi do sve veće potrebe da na tržištu možete kupiti partnera suprotnog pola.
Instalacija „I BOT„ je autoportret, skulptura, to jest replika moje vanjštine u obliku robota koji sjedi na podu i projicira iz svog oka sliku (memoriju) na sebe samoga, to jest mene kao dijeteta na zid. Pošto su dijete i skulptura robota jedno nasuprot drugog tvori se odnos međusobnog posmatranja, i postavlja se neminovno pitanje da li sam ja on ili je on ja.
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