Fatherboard, the SuperAvatar is an avatar that - escaping from the virtual worlds (or the computer, generally speaking) - forms into a physical shape. It is similar to cyborgs (but is not a cyborg!!) and it is made out of the (90% recycled) hardware components of the computer where it came from. Fatherboard steps in to the "real world" and starts interrelating with the human beings (the audience). The essence of its dialog with humans is to be found in the idea of a confrontation between the "artificial" intelligences and the ones of their creators. The whole show is theoretically based on the concepts expressed in the Polymorphyc Intelligence and the Big Sieve theories, by Luigi Pagliarini.
The ß Version of the mask (i.e.: orange color) is composed by a steel helmet, a cotton suite, gloves, shoes and a cloak on which hardware components of recycled computers have been installed.
Technically speaking, the whole set up can be called a "Wearable Modular Robot" (Luigi Pagliarini, 2008) or SuperAvatar.
Indeed, for the ß version mask some of the above mentioned components were integrated with an electronic circuit (in alternative, a pre-existing one was used) such as to locally react to the dynamics impressed to the actor's body through the use of one or more sensors.
The following video was realized in occasion of the "con-performance" (workshop + performance) that Luigi Pagliarini will take to the Turin Share Festival 2008 Edition (Torino, Accademia Albertina, Salone d'Onore, the 13th of March 2008, h. 5.00 pm.).

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"The SuperAvatar Project" is a network of artists cooperating to the development of the FatherBoard mask (still under construction) and following SuperAvatars.

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In this video the FatherBoard ß Version realized in between December 2007 and February 2008.
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More information:

Fatherboard::
http://www.artificialia.com/Fatherboard

Share Festival::
http://www.toshare.it (less info)