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Public Displays of Affection -- Nuit Blanche 2009
Toronto, Canada. **Having a little fun with Domo-kun and the kissbots which Hilary Martin and others worked on for Nuit Blanche 2009.
The installation is "Public Display of Affection" which was displayed in Riverdale Park in Cabbagetown on October 3rd.
Kissbots are a single-minded, single-use bot. We have to work hard for them, applying lipstick, setting their catch, making the kiss sounds that light them up as they count to the prime number that triggers them. And then? They fall over, adding a kiss print to the collective array, generating a paper output of all that work.
Why do we work so hard for them? Because they can do what we Torontonians cannot: kiss in public. Lips by Pearl van Geest, circuit by David Ogborn, soundscape by Neil Wiernik, bots and installation by Hilary Martin. Bring your kisses, Toronto.
cabbagetownnuitblanche.wordpress.com/2009-artists/hilary-...
More on how this project all got started:
www.flickr.com/photos/23224292@N08/sets/72157622305617707/
Public Displays of Affection -- Nuit Blanche 2009
Toronto, Canada. **Having a little fun with Domo-kun and the kissbots which Hilary Martin and others worked on for Nuit Blanche 2009.
The installation is "Public Display of Affection" which was displayed in Riverdale Park in Cabbagetown on October 3rd.
Kissbots are a single-minded, single-use bot. We have to work hard for them, applying lipstick, setting their catch, making the kiss sounds that light them up as they count to the prime number that triggers them. And then? They fall over, adding a kiss print to the collective array, generating a paper output of all that work.
Why do we work so hard for them? Because they can do what we Torontonians cannot: kiss in public. Lips by Pearl van Geest, circuit by David Ogborn, soundscape by Neil Wiernik, bots and installation by Hilary Martin. Bring your kisses, Toronto.
cabbagetownnuitblanche.wordpress.com/2009-artists/hilary-...
More on how this project all got started:
www.flickr.com/photos/23224292@N08/sets/72157622305617707/