Grace State Machines is a Robotic Art performance project. The name of the project is inspired by a virtual “state of grace” that could be expressed by automatons and other finite state machines. Through this project, the close relationship between the real physical human body and machine body is expressed – the inner perceptions of both entities and how they intertwine as they interact and exchange in an intimate dialog between the organic and the artefact.

Credits

• Concept & Design: Bill Vorn
• Programming: Jonathan Villeneuve
• Choreographer & Performer: Emma Waltraud Howes

Exhibition History

• Athens Video Art Festival
  2009
  
  Athens, GR
• Elektra-Lab
  2008
  Usine C
  Montreal, CA
• Paris-Québec
  2008
  Maison des Métallos
  Montreal, CA
• 404 Festival
  2008
  
  Trieste, IT
• Subtle Technologies
  2007
  
  Toronto, CA
• Nuit Blanche
  2007
  Usine C
  Montreal, CA