Treva Michelle Pullen
Biographic Data
| ID | 664829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Treva Michelle Pullen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Treva Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Pullen |
| SIGNATURE | PULLEN T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Whimsical Bodies and Performative Machines
This article explores the ways in which robots’ behaviours are designed and curated to elicit reactions from their human counterparts. Through the work of artists such as Nam June Paik, Steve Daniels, Edward Ihnatowicz and Norman White, a survey of robotic art illustrates a particular aesthetic and behavioural language that is non-threatening, animalistic, cute, quaint and whimsical. Considering the artists’ programming of behaviours and construc…
Theaster Gates
Skawennati's-Timetraveller TM
This article examines the decolonizing imperatives of the nine-episode machinima film series TimeTraveller TM (2008–2013) by the Mohawk artist, writer and curator Skawennati. TimeTraveller TM assesses the (re)presentation of Indigenous pasts and futures. Using avatar characters, Skawennati delinks (Mignolo, 2011) from colonial, Western and imperialistic narratives and the hegemonic structures of a Eurocentric worldview. Avatar bodies act as a cat…
No prominent works on this page.
Skawennati's-Timetraveller TM
This article examines the decolonizing imperatives of the nine-episode machinima film series TimeTraveller TM (2008–2013) by the Mohawk artist, writer and curator Skawennati. TimeTraveller TM assesses the (re)presentation of Indigenous pasts and futures. Using avatar characters, Skawennati delinks (Mignolo, 2011) from colonial, Western and imperialistic narratives and the hegemonic structures of a Eurocentric worldview. Avatar bodies act as a cat…
Theaster Gates
Whimsical Bodies and Performative Machines
This article explores the ways in which robots’ behaviours are designed and curated to elicit reactions from their human counterparts. Through the work of artists such as Nam June Paik, Steve Daniels, Edward Ihnatowicz and Norman White, a survey of robotic art illustrates a particular aesthetic and behavioural language that is non-threatening, animalistic, cute, quaint and whimsical. Considering the artists’ programming of behaviours and construc…
Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Architectural engineering (1 work) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (1 work)