Findings Night 2024 with Bailey Ambrose Heller
The Black Box
Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.
Watch a robot creature explore the Great Hall stage and engage with the audience! This robotic art piece and performance is being built during the Town Hall Artist-in-Residency of Bailey Ambrose Heller. This event explores the mysterious nature of robotic beings and the humanity we imbue upon technology’s “black box.”
A live video of the robot’s perspective will be projected behind it as it perceives its environment, looks into the audience, and interacts with stage features. This audio-visual experience offers a unique relationship between the audience and the mechanical performer.
For the second half of the event, Bailey will join the robot onstage and explain what went into building it and how his artistic process intersects with engineering.
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About the Artist
Bailey Ambrose Heller is a mechatronic artist combining his passion for robotics with the artistic process. He graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTs). Bailey aims to use technology to reflect aspects of humanity and people’s relationship to automation and Artificial Intelligence.
About Town Hall Residencies
Every year, Town Hall selects exceptional local artists and scholars for paid residencies where they engage with Town Hall programs and collaborate with our programming team to develop original events for the community. Findings Night serves as the final presentation for a Resident to showcase what they’ve worked on throughout their time at Town Hall. Read more about our residency program here.
Presented by Town Hall Seattle.