Rusty Squid

Rusty Squid has come to an end. Roseanne Wakely has inherited the studio and continues to explore the intersection between art, engineering and design. contact her at [email protected] We don't know what happened to David. Its been a remarkable 10 years. The Squids.

100 years ago Czech playwright Karel Čapek published Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti giving us the word #robot. While #mythology of breathing life into machines is as old as Gods, Capek challenged us to reflect on the intimate relationship between #technology, #capitalism, #agency

This is where #Robotics starts to get really interesting. Customizable gestures will bring out hidden biases and nuanced assumptions from different cultures around the world. We cannot wait to see what the #artists of the #future will do with this #technology.

Wow! The #Animatronics workshop is now sold out and the Neutral #Puppet workshop is filling up fast But don’t worry we'll be running the workshops again in a few weeks! To get your name on the waiting list: mail us on [email protected] join us on rustysquid.org.uk/

For those interested in #Robotics and #animatronics We can't stress enough how important it is to understand the fundamentals of #puppetry and #movement. We still have a few places left on our Neutral Puppet workshop. don't forget we have student discounts available.

Hero The greek philosopher is not only famous for building the first steam engine; he also built a mechanical play powered by a binary-like system of ropes and knots. @rustysquid is following in the footsteps of pioneers working to integrate #philosophy #engineering and the #arts

Our little #Robot #art and #design studio cant be more excited about this new book coming out. Its so easy to assume that our current cultures feelings towards "intelligent machines " is normal. Oh how wrong we are. @DrDihal, @stephenjcave #AINarratives #Robotics #Futures

"perhaps intelligence is not computational" challenge accepted @rodneyabrooks Our little robotic art and design studio has been experimenting with fresh metaphors. Rather than intelligent perhaps we should think of ourselves as a relational fields. youtu.be/0XGm2WDMuUM

You are kindly invited to join a #professional 2 day #workshop 'The Art of Animatronics' led by @davidmcgoran @rustysquidltd. Place: @puppetplace Date: 29 February – 1st March 2020 BOOK NOW: bit.ly/370S352 #animatronics #robotics #robotech #robot #puppetry #mechanical

You are kindly invited to join a professional 2 day #workshop 'The Neutral Puppet' led by @davidmcgoran @rustysquidltd. #puppetry #dance #animation #puppeteering #theatre #performancearts Place: @puppetplace Date: 22-23 February 2020 BOOK NOW: bit.ly/2QYQhvH

Robot Loave anyone?

Some thing is coming to life @PMStudioUK with @jarkman and @SighSam #movingobjectgroup