Robots in Paradise - Press Text, Pictures, Stagerider

 

Installation Details

  • Artist Name “Moritz Simon Geist” – always write in full and don’t alter or abbreviate

  • Installation Name: Robots in Paradise

  • Subtitle:

  • Style Techno, Electronica, Robotic Electronic Music

  • Type: Duration: 30-60 min

  • Tags: #musicrobots #sonicrobots #mechanicaltechno #RoboticElectronicMusic

  • City of Departure: Dresden, Germany

  • City of Departure: Dresden, Germany

Press Text

ROBOTS IN PARADISE is a playful robot installation where the audience experiments with rhythms, mechanics and objects. Everyday items like glasses, pots, as well as small music instruments are placed on a plattform. Several robots can be manipulated interactively by the audience, manipulating the sound of the objects. The robotic mechanics beat the objects, creating a constantly changing polyrhytmic web of sound and rhythm.

“Moritz Simon Geist’s work continues to explode the black box of electronic sound production by laying out an array of everyday objects and mini-robots, which acoustically interact with these objects, on the flat surface of a table. As in his previous well-know robot installation “MR 808 Interactive Drum Machine”, the audience can control this interaction, this time by means of easily manipulating objects and knobs which require no particular expertise to operate. Thus the installation supports and inherent desire for experimentation and sound – in a playful way with everyday objects and mechanical robots.” (Jessica Buskirk, ALTANA Gallery)

Geist’s ‘Sonic Robots’ push the boundaries of the imaginable and invent a new plurality in music creation. In electronic music, many imagine humans playing machines. Few imagined these music machines being actual robots. In 2012, Geist ventured into this exploration with the invention of his well-known oversized 808 robot. The MR-808 robot is an iconic drum machine gone physical, no longer dwelling in the confines of circuitry alone. In the form of a 4 by 2 meter music box, filled with mechanical parts which play the instruments live, a new idea in electro and human-machine interaction was born. Now, he goes even further to pioneer the unknown and futuristic sound world of ‘Robotic Electronic Music’.

About Moritz Simon Geist

Moritz Simon Geist is a performer, musicologist, and robotics engineer. He started because he wants to invent the future of electronic music – with robots! Geist’s projects range from robotic music performances to robotic sound installations. His robotic instruments and performances have been shown in numerous European festivals and exhibitions throughout the last years. He collaborates with performers such as Mouse on Mars or Robert Lippok and teaches on the progression of technology and society at the NYU Berlin. He was awarded numerours internation awards. His background is both as a classical musician and a robotics engineer, with an expertise in prototyping technologies and 3D-Printing.

Press Foto

https://www.flickr.com/photos/moritzsimongeist/albums/72157719289696972

Social Media Accounts

Please only link to the following social media accounts:
Instagram “@moritzsimongeist”

Bandcamp: /moritzsimongeist
Twitter: @simongeist
Facebook: /moritzsimongeist
Soundcloud: /moritzsimongeist

Press Quotes

“Geist manages to do something increasingly rare in electronic music. When he plays, he keeps all eyes locked on the stage.”
Wired, 2018

“Geist’s robots aren’t meant to simulate humans or a band, but to fulfill specific, finely tuned tasks, like industrial machines. These are new machines, manufacturing a new kind of machine music.”
Fast company, May 2017

“It doesn’t get geekier than this.”

Jon Parales at New York Times

“Sonic Robots is treating some important questions of the future, like the perception of technology, the robotization of society or the artificial intelligence, but still comes in a very playful and entertaining way: through electronic music.” (ARTE)

Stagerider

We need:

  • Exhibition space of min 2x3m

  • Table 1x2m, 1m Height (Stageriser Bütec)

  • Power 230V, 100W

  • Dark or not-so-bright exhibition space

  • 2h Setup time, 2h Breakdown time