Robots - Artist's Label - Clayton Bailey

We traveled to Port Costa where we spent the better part of the morning touring Clayton Baileys property and studio. The morning was entertaining and interesting. Bailey talks here about his robot sculptures - how they are made and creating a personality in them.

For the exhibition Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon the San Jose Museum of Art created "Video Labels" for around the work of 6 artists. The artists are Clayton Bailey, Eric Joyner, Nemo Gould, Gail Wight, Lisa Solomon and David Pace. For each artist there is a "Curators Label", where Senior Curator JoAnne Northrup speaks about the artist, and an "Artist Label", where the artist talks about their work. Show runs April 12 - October 19, 2008.

Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon examines the development of robot iconography in fine art over the past 50 years. In 1920, the term robot was coined from a Czech word robota, which means tedious labor. Since then, the image and the idea of a robot have evolved remarkably from an awkward, mechanical creature to a sophisticated android with artificial intelligence and the potential for human-like consciousness. As robotic technology catches up with the wild imagination of science fiction novels, movies, and animation, dreams and fears anticipated in these stories may also become reality. Artists included in the exhibition have responded to the technological innovation with optimism, pessimism, and humor, presenting work that ultimately explores our ambivalent attitudes towards robots.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• robots

[rap1171]

I remember when one of Clayton's robots chased me around his lot when our ceramics class visited the museum. My mom, Mary Michie, went to school with Clayton at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I had the pleasure of taking his class back in the 70's at Cal. State Hayward. What an awesome teacher! He helped make me the singer I am today :)

[Totallydistortedfilm]

My parents worked with him when they were in college. He was the guy to come up with "Unobtainium".

[MattieCooper]

Beautiful~! I Love these works!

[MEEKTOY]

BEAUTIFUL

[SHUNNESON1946]

HOLLY SMOKES, is this guy 200 years old to have found so many treasures ? Wish I had all that stuff and I would follow Bailey's instructions and build something to replace my wife & dog. Wonder if his mustach is real or an add on like the Hollywood plastic surgeons make? Can't believe much anymore ! Maybe he made it from his stuff? I think we should check this guy out more and his art via the net. I"m going to buy all the stuff I can get from this guy, hope you do the same.

[nila89406]

yay clayton. so i never really looked at your 'junk piles' just the finished work. wow,what alot to dig thru to find the right match. see you soon!

nila