Portfolio AI LAB

5. January 2022

Contact

Robots are entering all domains of life – yet most people have not yet interacted directly with them. Contact offers an interaction narrative without fear of touch in a time when touch is no longer natural or habitual. A hug, an uplifting pat on the shoulder or a delighted handshake – platonic physical touch is an essential…

26. August 2020

Shaky Savine & Doing Nothing with AI

Armin Sanayei’s composition “Shaky Savine” was created to perform in dialogue with Emanuel Gollob’s neuroreactive installation “Doing Nothing With AI”. The violin solo-piece premiered by the gifted hands of Jacobo Hernández Enríquez as part of the Presenza Assente concert in REAKTOR’s main hall in July 2020. An electroencephalography (EEG) cap streams the musician’s EEG waves.…

3. March 2020

Doing Nothing with AI 2.0

"Doing Nothing with AI 2.0" is a robotic art installation that uses generative robotic control, EEG measurements, and a GAN machine learning model to optimize its parametric movement, sound, and visuals with the aim to make the spectator Do Nothing. In times of constant busyness, technological overload, and the demand for permanent receptivity to information,…

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12. February 2019

Doing Nothing with AI 1.0

"Doing Nothing with AI 1.0" is a robotic art installation that uses generative robotic control, EEG measurements, and a GAN machine learning model to optimize its parametric choreography with the aim to make the spectator Do Nothing. In times of constant busyness, technological overload, and the demand for permanent receptivity to information, doing nothing is…

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16. December 2018

Teaser: Doing Nothing with AI in pink & blue

Doing Nothing with AI is a multi disciplinary project led by industrial designer Emanuel Gollob. After the previous installation Robot doing nothing II, first exhibited at the Ars Electronica festival 2017 in Linz, thinking about the role of doing nothing in our nowadays and future societies still keeps Emanuel Gollob and his trans-disciplinary team busy. For…

16. December 2018

Robot, Doing Nothing III

Proud to be right now on view in Berlin as part of the exhibition “ERROR – The Art of Imperfection” by Ars Electronica for DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum. How would a society look like in which you are rewarded for doing nothing? This robotic installation invites you to let your mind wander freely in a state of…