Ricardo Iglesias y Gerald Kogler
Ricardo Iglesias, Madrid, 1965 and Gerald Kogler, Linz, 1974.
Ricardo Iglesias and Gerald Kogler explore net.art and interactive robotics as tools for thinking about society and digital networks.
Artwork in the collection
Independent Robotic Community, 2005
About the artwork
This installation investigates new forms of communication between robots and humans. Ten robots move through the space while cameras record their encounters and transmit them to a social-network system. A projection visualises these relationships as intersecting lines. One robot carries a camera, offering an individual viewpoint alongside the statistical view of the group. The work asks how communication can generate more complex forms of socialisation.
Artistic career: Ricardo Iglesias y Gerald Kogler
Career and projects
Ricardo Iglesias studied Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Madrid and earned a PhD in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, receiving an Extraordinary Doctorate Award in 2012. His career includes teaching interactive systems and video art, and exhibitions at venues and events including ZKM, TATE, FILE and LABoral. Gerald Kogler is a computer engineer specialising in digital mapping, open-source software and hardware, open data and data visualisation.
He worked at Ars Electronica Futurelab and co-founded ZZZINC. Their collaborative work Independent Robotic Community received the first ARCO-BEEP Electronic Art Award.