I am your Body: Chapter 1 - Automation
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I am your Body is a new exhibition series of which the first two chapters will initially take place at Kunsthal Aarhus in 2024. Chapter 1 - Automation deals with future, robot, bodies and work presenting an entirely new commission by Michala Paludan (DK).
I am your Body: Chapter 1 – Automation is a solo show by Michala Paludan. In the exhibition, Paludan shows newly commissioned installation with sound, video and objects alongside her emblematic photo series, The Unposed (EoAT). Here, photographic portraits of robot hands are presented without further information, and the viewer is asked to assemble meaning and context. In the robotics industry, the acronym EoAT refers to End of Arm Tools; that is, a tool required for performing a specific task such as holding, cutting, lifting, hammering, stroking, etc. As the subject of a portrait, the machine – rather than what it produces – is the focus and, in mirroring the hands of human workers, Paludan emphasizes their absence.
Paludan is based in Copenhagen, Denmark for the last decade, Paludan’s works – which are expressed through photography, videos and installations – investigate our perceptions of society and power within political landscapes. Created through interdisciplinary processes, they require extensive planning and research, and encompass research-based questions and competing narratives of AI and automation that push them beyond the boundaries of genre.
Generously supported by:
Danish Arts Foundation, Aarhus Municipality, Augustinus Foundation, Beckett-Foundation, Knud Højgaards Foundation, New Carlsberg Foundation, Loop Electronic A/S, Art Hub Copenhagen.
