FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2008
Contact: Douglas Repetto
artbots@artbots.org
http://artbots.org

New York/Dublin – We are very pleased to announce that ArtBots 2008 Dublin will take
place on September 19-21, 2008, at Science Gallery at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
The show features 15 works by 16 artists from 9 countries, as well as performances,
workshops, lectures, and an awards ceremony. Participating works were selected from an
international open call for “robotic art and art-making robots”, and represent a broad and
inclusive cross-section of the tremendous range of creative art and robotics activity.
The ArtBots 2008 Dublin participants are: Paula Matthusen (USA), Leo Peschta
(Austria), Koichiro Mori (Japan), Matt Denton (UK), Yuliya Lanina (Russia/USA), Che-
Wei Wang & Kristin O’Friel (Japan/USA), Matthew Gardiner (Australia), Ralf Baecker
(Germany), Byeong Sam Jeon (Korea/USA), Peter Redmond (Ireland), Allison Kudla
(USA), Jack Pavlik (USA), Joan Healy (Ireland), Christopher Kaczmarek (USA), and
Riley Harmon (USA).

Sound artist Ray Lee (UK) will open the show with “Forcefield”, a kinetic sound
machine performance. Metal fabricator/artisan Phillip Isohe (Kenya) has created this
year’s Robots’ Choice Award, and designer Eliza Gauger (USA) created the 2008
ArtBots logo. During the show members of the EU funded Living with Robots and
Interactive Companions project will lead discussions with the artists and audience
members.

The ArtBots 2008 Dublin curators are: Douglas Repetto (USA - Columbia University
Computer Music Center), Marie Redmond (Ireland - Trinity College Computer Science),
and Warren Ellis (UK - graphic novelist). ArtBots 2008 Dublin is sponsored by Science
Gallery at Trinity College and The Columbia University Computer Music Center.

For information on ArtBots, the participants, and their works, including photos,
descriptions, and bios, please visit: http://artbots.org