{"id":4873,"date":"2022-02-25T10:36:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T09:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/uncanny-valley-review-a-menacing-robot-examines-the-meaning-of-life\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T09:36:36","slug":"uncanny-valley-review-a-menacing-robot-examines-the-meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/uncanny-valley-review-a-menacing-robot-examines-the-meaning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncanny Valley review \u2013 a menacing robot examines the meaning of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battersea Arts Centre, London<\/strong>
Writer Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart in an unsettling show that poses big questions<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the fingers that get to me. Bitten and weathered, the skin worn down in places, they are incredibly detailed and utterly convincing. I\u2019m looking up close at an animatronic, or robot, of the German writer Thomas Melle. The show proper \u2013 a lecture delivered by this robot \u2013 has finished and the audience has been invited on stage to study our automated actor. It feels like viewing time at the zoo and I can\u2019t shake the feeling that this robot is somehow going to wake up, reach out and grab me.<\/p>\n

The animatronic, created by Chiscreatures Filmeffects GmbH, is an enthralling production in itself. It looks and sounds like a slightly flattened but fascinating human being. His features seem smudged, his face animated yet oddly deflated.<\/p>\n

At Battersea Arts Centre<\/a>, London, until 26 February.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nBattersea Arts Centre, LondonWriter Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart in an unsettling show that poses big questions
\nIt\u2019s the fingers that get to me. Bitten and weathered, the skin worn down in places, they are incredibly detailed and utterly convincing. I\u2019m looking up close at an animatronic, or robot, of the German writer Thomas Melle. The show proper \u2013 a lecture delivered by this robot \u2013 has finished and the audience has been invited on stage to study our automated actor. It feels like viewing time at the zoo and I can\u2019t shake the feeling that this robot is somehow going to wake up, reach out and grab me.
\nThe animatronic, created by Chiscreatures Filmeffects GmbH, is an enthralling production in itself. It looks and sounds like a slightly flattened but fascinating human being. His features seem smudged, his face animated yet oddly deflated.
\nAt Battersea Arts Centre, London, until 26 February. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battersea Arts Centre, LondonWriter Thomas Melle delivers a lecture via his android counterpart in an unsettling show that poses big questions It\u2019s the fingers that get to me. Bitten and weathered, the skin worn down in places, they are incredibly detailed and utterly convincing. I\u2019m looking up close at an animatronic, or robot, of the …<\/p>\n

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