Culturemart: Automaton Repertory Project January 19, 2007

Microwave ovens. Unlimited long distance phone calls. Personal Digital Assistants. If you have ever wondered how to come to terms with the constant future-shock of our American hyper-reality, just think how hard it is for a 1950s tin man to negotiate. In 'Automaton Repertory Project,' a self-contained robotic puppet theatre installation, our Robot heroes compete with the driving forces of change as manipulated by Hal Eagar--a media effects artist.