Reassembling Bolts of Care Another Talk on the Future of Technocare
A collaboration with Julie-Michèle Morin
Bolts of care
(performance)
Concept, Research, Score, Performance, Video footage:
JULIE-MICHÈLE MORIN (CA/QC)
Video edit, filming, liveness, tech support: LETTA SHTOHRYN (UA / EU)
Robotic crew:
TEMI, METACAT, XARM Robotic Arm
Cats prefer to stay anonymous
Poster and flyer design:
JULIE-MICHÈLE MORIN (CA/QC)
& LETTA SHTOHRYN (UA / EU)
T-shirt hand printing:
JULIE-MICHÈLE MORIN (CA/QC)
photo credit : Martin Doersch
Care is vital for fostering solidarity, yet it also serves as an essential resource for sustaining a capitalist society. These tensions between care as an exploited resource and the emergence of a new market for robotic care demand critical scrutiny. How do we nurture and care for technologies deployed in the care field?
photo credit : Martin Doersch
Reassembling Bolts of Care blends pre-recorded video footage of robotic performances with live theatrical scenes. It incorporates narration and biographical elements that draw from Julie-Michèle's own experiences and relationship to care, health and technologies as a researcher and a citizen. This tiny performance integrates various robots, each designed (or not) to provide care for someone or something.
This robotic performance-lecture aims to challenge the definition of care embedded in robotic technologies, advocating for a reevaluation of our relationships and ethics towards these technologies.
Performance part 1
BOLTS OF CARE video
Stills from the video BOLTS OF CARE
Performance part 2
Julie-Michèle Morin performs from outside of the space through TEMI robot, tablet and zoom.
Performance part 3
Julie-Michèle reads her script live, synchronising her reading with the rhythm of the video cuts.
Backstage view
Video still
Performance part 4
Julie-Michèle Morin performs her script partially live and partially as a pre-recorded voice in collaboration with Metacat.
Video extract
Video still
Video still
photo credit : Martin Doersch
Performance part 5
Outro
Reassembling bolts of care in three chapters
(video reel shown in the exhibition space )
Text, video, robotic choreography:
JULIE-MICHÈLE MORIN (CA/QC)
Research survey design and data collection:
AMANDA BENNETS (AU),
JOHANNA EINSIEDLER (AT)
Video edit, AI voices, animation:
LETTA SHTOHRYN (UA / EU)
Dramaturgical assistance for robotic choreography:
DANIELLA BRILL ESTRADA (COL)
Technical robotic assistance: CHRISTOPH ARTHOFER (AT)
Video extract
Library of muscle fatigues
(video screening on site)
Text, video, robotic choreography:
JULIE-MICHÈLE MORIN (CA/QC)
Research survey design and data collection:
AMANDA BENNETS (AU),
JOHANNA EINSIEDLER (AT)
Video edit:
LETTA SHTOHRYN (UA / EU)
Dramaturgical assistance for robotic choreography:
DANIELLA BRILL ESTRADA (COL)
Technical robotic assistance: CHRISTOPH ARTHOFER (AT)
Video extract