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Frankenstein Theory and Robotics
June 14 - July 15
Exhibition happens at boca AND Rx gallery

Gallery Hours boca: TUE-SAT 4PM to close
Rx Gallery: TUE-SAT by appointment, FRI-SAT 9PM-

Featuring the artwork of:
Michael Braida
DOYLE
Jonathan Foote
Justin Gray
Dan Grayber
Heather
Christian Ristow
Michael Shiloh
Kal Spelletich
Christina Sporrong
Shannon Wright

This exhibit explores the concepts of the Frankenstein theory, breathing life into inanimate things, the manmade "beast" turning on..... man.

Like the scientist mixing two chemicals in a test tube and observing a reaction, or the Golem, these artists are taking disparate found objects and making them come alive, move and react to you. This exhibit features highly elaborate machines and robots that are purposefully non- functional. They have turned on consumerism and capitalism. They are tweaking Asimov's theories for robots, are these artists now the Frankensteins? Dr. Frankenstein's original idea was probably altruistic, much like oh, EXON, Walmart, or the US government. How and or when do you realize that a system is broke? Is technology serving us or are we serving it? Does man ruin Frankenstein or is he (Frankenstein) inherently evil?

From “FRANKENSTEIN,” by Mary Shelley
It was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.

Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three laws written by Isaac Asimov.
1. A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.