Roborigami

Roborigami is a giant robotic origami installation created in collaboration between an artist, robotic scientist and interaction designer. It is a harmony of modern robotics technology with the traditional craft of origami. Roborigami aims to evoke a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing and encourage the audience to slow down, take notice of surroundings and appreciate the passing of time.

Ad Spiers: Ad is currently a researcher at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, where he investigates technology that communicates via the sense of touch (haptics) and its application to future surgical practice. Ad has been obsessed with all things robotic since seeing the movie Short Circuit as a child. Since then he has studied robotics extensively and built a number of electronic / electromechanical systems for both scientific and artistic endeavours. His creative works have included hand held robotic flowers that guide blind and sighted people through dark installations and drawing robots that add their own style to an artist’s instructions. Please visit www.hauntedpliers.co.uk for more information.

Coco Sato: Installation artist, art director and workshop leader, Coco Sato was born and grew up in Yokohama and Tokyo in Japan, then lost and found herself at art college in London. She obtained a BA (Hons) Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design and currently lives in Brighton UK. She travels extensively to showcase her idiosyncratic “Giant Origami” installations and runs workshops at festivals and events. As a conceptual artist Coco works site specifically, primarily in nature and in urban space, unifying Zen philosophy, science and play. Her work explores the balance between nature and human culture, and function as a reminder to take notice of surroundings and appreciate the passing of time. Coco’s latest collaboration, robotised high-tech giant origami installation, Roborigami creates an interactive environment in which the audience encounters a unique sensory experience.