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Chico MacMurtrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chico MacMurtrie was born in New Mexico in 1961. In 1992 MacMurtrie formed Amorphic Robot Works, a group of artists and engineers working together to create robotic art performances and installations. ARW's Artistic Director Chico MacMurtrie, describes his vision, "The work is an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chico_MacMurtrie   (184 words)

Robotics: Robot Art: Chico MacMurtrie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Chico MacMurtrie was born in New Mexico in 1961 and currently resides in San Francisco. MacMurtrie has been awarded four grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has been Artist in Residence at San Francisco's Exploratorium and at the Chicago Art Institute. Chico MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of the Amorphic Robot Works, a San Francsico based group of artists, engineers, and technicians working together to create robotic perfomances and installations. www.thetech.org /exhibits/online/robotics/robotart/chico.html   (219 words)

Arts Preview: Chico Macmurtrie and 'Amorphic Robot Works' crawl into the Cultural District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) MacMurtrie likens the sequence of sculptures becoming lighted and activating to the firing of synapses in the brain. MacMurtrie identifies with the "mind bending" that Turrell triggers, but points out that while Turrell is of the "minimalist school, I'm definitely a maximalist." He's "trying to bring order to chaos...taking that energy and focusing it for a more impactful experience in the end." MacMurtrie founded ARW in 1992 as an "ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound" and is artistic director. www.post-gazette.com /pg/05028/448961.stm   (1547 words)

eaf: Chico MacMurtrie Chico MacMurtrie - born in New Mexico and now residing in New York - is the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works. Chico MacMurtrie describes his vision: "The work is an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound. The EAF and Chico MacMurtrie are assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and by the South Australian Government through Arts SA's Artist in Residence Program. www.eaf.asn.au /2006/mcmurtrie.html   (918 words)

Chico MacMurtrie An exploration of kinesthetics, the group's robotic performances and installations focus on the human condition as it relates to the environment and on the ecosphere as it relates to the technosphere. Chico MacMurtrie and ARW have received a number of grants and awards for their works - among them, five National Endowment for the Arts grants, an ARS Electronica's Distinction in Interactive Arts, as well as two honorary mentions at the VIDA LIFE Festival 2001 and ARS Electronica 1990. Chico MacMurtrie and Amorphic Robot Works have completed the second phase of the research and development conceptual vision of Skeletal Reflections. www.fondation-langlois.org /html/e/page.php?NumPage=53   (423 words)

thisishappening: Amorphic Robot Works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The sculptures are based on images unlocked from MacMurtrie's subconscious through a long process of carving and drawing on his desk while engaged in conversation on the phone. Chico MacMurtrie was born in New Mexico in 1961, and is now currently living in New York. MacMurtrie has been featured in Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the End of the Century and also in the BBC television special, Pandemonium. www.thisishappening.com /EventPage.php?eventid=21177&show=profile   (685 words)

R E A L T I M E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) MacMurtrie is the founder and Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW), a New York-based collective of artists and engineers established in 1992. MacMurtrie has also made robots that not only respond to the viewer presence but also mimic their movement, creating a metaphor for human interaction (www.amorphicrobotworks.org). MacMurtrie notes that robotics is more commonly associated with high-tech industrial development where the emphasis is on the refinement and control of manufacturing processes. www.realtimearts.net /rt72/reid_inflatable.html   (784 words)

gigantic artspace MacMurtrie has been an established artist in the United States since 1989, and has exhibited in 16 countries worldwide, receiving support from more than 10 granting agencies (including 5 grants from the National Endowment for the Arts) and 20 corporate sponsors. Chico acts as the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW), a group of artists and engineers who help in the realization of his work. More information on MacMurtrie, Amorphic Robot Works, and their projects can be found at http://www.amorphicrobotworks.org. giganticartspace.com /artist.html?id=1086230319149&ex=06&...   (204 words)

Chico MacMurtrie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) He was a Performing Artist in Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco in 1989, and in 1990 received the San Francisco Bay Guardian Goldie Award. MacMurtrie completed a month long tour of Europe, funded by an Arts International grant. MacMurtrie was recently featured in Mark Deary's book Escape Velocity : Cyberculture at the End of the Century as well as the BBC special: Pandemonium. www.cronos.net /~bk/amorphic/chico.html   (298 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Chico MacMutrie, the artistic director of Amorphic Robot Works brought a ten-year vision to completion giving the audience an opportunity for a total art experience. During their residency in Nottingham, Chico and ARW constructed an environment for a large portion of the Amorphic Robot family to live in. Chico Macmurtrie received his B.F.A. from the University of Arizona and an M.F.A. in New Forms and Concepts from the University of California. dpa.ntu.ac.uk /dpa_search/result.php3?Project=110   (595 words)

Chico MacMurtrie : Skeletal Reflections Since 1992, Chico MacMurtrie and Amorphic Robot Works have conceived and created more than 250 abstract or anthropomorphic mechanical sculptures. According to MacMurtrie, the underlying intention of Skeletal Reflections is to make the public aware of the importance of body language. On this occasion, and for the first time, all of the machines conceived by ARW were brought together in the same place. www.fondation-langlois.org /html/e/page.php?NumPage=36   (531 words)

artLA : Chico MacMurtrie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Chico has been an established artist in the United States since 1989, and has exhibited in 16 countries worldwide, receiving support from more than 10 granting agencies and 20 corporate sponsors. Chico and all Amorphic Robot Works endeavors are currently based in his studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn. In 2005 Chico and Amorphic Robot Works will do solo exhibitions at the Wood Street Gallery in Pittsburg, the Indianapolis Museum and will Build a new permanent Mechanical Mural in Dublin Ireland. www.stephencohengallery.com /artfairs/ArtLA/installations/chico.html   (299 words)

Chico - craigslist: chico, CA classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Chico Carrasquel batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of any post-season You are invited to enjoy the history and charm of Downtown Chico. Chico MacMurtrie was born in New Mexico in 1961 and currently resides in San Chico MacMurtrie is the Artistic Director of the Amorphic Robot Works, scoutvista.com /?q=chico   (209 words)

ResearchChannel - Chico MacMurtrie - Robotic Performer Chico MacMurtrie's robotic performances and installations join two different artistic styles: high technology with computerized kinetics and electronics alongside low-tech garage mechanic tinkering and invention. Since founding Amorphic Robot Works in 1992, MacMurtrie has collaborated with over 20 artists and scientists in making over 100 robots to populate his elaborate performances. Chico MacMurtrie, B.F.A., University of Arizona; M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles www.researchchannel.org /prog/displayevent.asp?rid=1038   (90 words)

Robotronika EXHIBITION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Amorphic Robot Work's machines have evolved from MacMurtrie's original attempt to animate his puppets, and now follow their own evolutionary regeneration forged from his imagination. MacMurtrie has given birth to over 100 machines and says he is now "expanding the perimeters" of his clan of machines. The audience bears witness to MacMurtrie's unique analysis of society as he continues his investigation the most primitive aspects of the human condition. robot.t0.or.at /performance/macmurtrie.htm   (278 words)

Wired News: Mingling With Metal Men BROOKLYN, New York -- Francisco "Chico" MacMurtrie may have every geek's dream job -- he tools around in his Brooklyn workshop, making robot sculptures that are displayed around the world. MacMurtrie comes up with the ideas for projects, he said, and discusses them with others. Pending funding, MacMurtrie would like to have one to three of these up and running by the time he debuts them in Holland in November. www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,67279,00.html   (823 words)

Wood Street Galleries Artist Chico MacMurtrie formed the collective, Amorphic Robot Works in 1992. MacMurtrie describes his vision as "... an ongoing endeavor to uncover the primacy of movement and sound." Each machine is inspired, influenced and informed by modern and contemporary social conditions and the artist's physical and sensory experience. Sculptural forms are derived from images that MacMurtrie subconsciously draws and carves onto his desktop while engaged in phone conversations. www.woodstreetgalleries.org /past/robot.html   (146 words)

online e-journals, papers, catalogues « Autonomous Mutations Chico MacMurtrie’s Inflatable Bodies is the latest in a series of works that explore the possibilities of robotics in art. For the Experiemental Art Foundation’s Adelaide Festival of Arts exhibition, MacMurtrie constructed a series of forms resembling birds in flight. Each ‘bird’ comprises 2 thin cones, symbolising wings, with a total span of about 4 metres, suspended near shoulder height from the gallery ceiling. marynowsky.wordpress.com /tag/online-e-journals-papers-catalogues   (219 words)

[Portaudio] RSA-NYC meeting at CAT, MARCH 20th 8:00PM RSA members in New York use this forum to share resources, communicate between meetings, and request assistance on robot related topics and projects. join the forum by sending an email to: rsa-ny-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ************************************ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- More on Chico and Amorphic Robot works: Chico MacMurtrie was born in New Mexico in 1961, and currently resides in New York. In 1991, MacMurtrie completed a month long tour of Europe, funded by an Arts International grant.During that time he traveled and performed in Czechoslovakia and presented an award winningperformance at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, which appeared on television in Munich,Berlin, and Dortmund, Germany. techweb.rfa.org /pipermail/portaudio/2002-March/000572.html   (630 words)

r-echos - v0.2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Chico MacMurtrie - born in New Mexico and now residing in New York - is the Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW). Formed in 1992, ARW is a group of artists, engineers and technicians working together to create robotic performances and installations. This new generation of interactive performance sculpture from ARW allows not only for a broader exhibition base, but an interesting new robotic form that does not conform to the standard conception of either 'robotic' forms or the existing understanding of kinetic sculpture. www.anti-chambre.net /r-echos/index.article.php?id=10899   (630 words)

Columbus Museum of Art & Design : In the News Wednesday afternoon Chico MacMurtrie and his crew were still assembling the project. The exhibit combines rip-stop nylon, robotics, computer technology, molded plastics and light and sound sensors to create a different presentation for each viewer, said Chico MacMurtrie, artistic director of Amorphic Robot Works. He was especially impressed with Jean Tinguly's giant Chaos I sculpture in The Commons. www.cmadart.org /news.php?id=8   (613 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The first part of the evening is dedicated to the machine actions of the Robotic Sculpture students, and the second half is dedicated to the lecture presentation by Chico MacMurtrie. During MacMurtries lecture he will discuss the making of "URGE" his new permanent public Art commision that will be officially dedicated and open MacMurtrie will also discuss and debue the new tape of the over 100 machines that make www.burningart.com /presents/chico.html   (179 words)

[cmc-users] Fwd: [extreme NY] 4/21: Chico MacMurtrie's robots at Harvestworks For the Harvestworks performance, one of the robotic arms >will be functioning and performing its rhythmic water dripping in a >temporary pool. From >Holland Hopson's use of machine sounds to Chico MacMurtrie's >construction of computer-controlled robotic sculptures, the >presenting artists not only expand the boundaries of instrumentation, >but also humanize electronics through creative means. This process >often entails interactivity, improvisation and a willingness to marry >hi-tech and lo-tech in music making. music.columbia.edu /pipermail/cmc-users/2003-April/000139.html   (592 words)

Rhizome.org: Search We are looking for recent, interesting and excellent time-based and interactive art projects created for the Internet arena. Call for Entries International Shorts is an evening of short works in video and animation screened each May at the California State University Chico, University Film Series Produced by the Department of Art's Electronic Arts Program Festival date: May 10, 2005 Parameters: Short works in video and animation, up to 9 minutes in length. Call For Entries **International Shorts** an evening of short works in film and video at the University Film Series California State University, Chico curated and produced by the Electronic Arts Program Postmark Deadline: March 20, 2004 Festival Date: May 13, 2004 We are looking for short films and videos, up to 10 minutes in length. rhizome.org /search/?words=Chico&page=2   (1087 words)

Chico MacMurtrie: Robot Artist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) I have chosen to write my paper about Chico MacMurtrie and the art of robotics. Chico MacMurtrie is an artist that works with other artists, engineers and techinicians to create robotic installments and performances. He is based out of San Francisco, CA. people.ucsc.edu /~wvento/week5.html   (238 words)

[art+tech] FW: Talk in NY of recent tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) > New York, NY 10011 > http://agent.netart-init.org > > "Robot Works" > > Chico MacMurtrie, Artistic Director of Amorphic Robot Works (ARW; > http://www.amorphicrobotworks.org), will present work from his recent > retrospective exhibition of over 100 machines, recently shown at this > year's > European Cultural Capital exhibition in Lille, France. This exhibition > included the large-scale Robotic Landscape, Cave of the Subconscious, Too > Big Dog Monkey, Floaters, and Skeletal Reflections. MacMurtrie and ARW > have > toured around the world realizing this society of machines in various > performance and installation formats., MacMurtrie will discuss the > evolution > of his work, recent projects, and the use of vision technology to create > ongoing interactive performance in an installation setting. www.music.columbia.edu /pipermail/art+tech/2004-April/000079.html   (340 words)

Laughing Squid » Al Honig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) San Francisco will be well represented by SEEMEN, The Flaming Lotus Girls and Al Honig who have all made the trip there to participate. They will be joined by New York artists The Madagascar Institute and Chico MacMurtrie, along with Barry Schwartz who is currently based out of Los Angeles. tags: events (T), art (T), robots (T), robotics (T), Robodock (T), Flaming Lotus Girls (T), SEEMEN (T), Madagascar Institute (T), Chico MacMurtrie (T), Barry Schwartz (T), Amsterdam (T), Netherlands (T), technology (T), Al Honig (T) laughingsquid.com /tag/al-honig   (265 words)

Robotics: Machines and Man - Ethics and Robotics in the 21st Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Or that you wouldn't want to see created? MacMurtrie finds use of robotic devices to kill or control other human beings a pathetic and catastrophic use of the technology. Cornblatt believes that the intent behind the building of a robotic device is much more important than its make or model. www.thetech.org /exhibits/online/robotics/ethics/question3.html   (211 words)

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