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Virtual Museum of Canada
Jessica Field
Geoffrey Smedley
Nicholas Stedman
Bill Vorn


Bill Vorn

Hysterical Machines, 2006

robotic installation

video: Bill Vorn, excerpt of 2 min (7.9 MB)


Intriguing robots move, suspended from the ceiling of a huge room artificially lit by yellow lights, blue reflections, red lights and mauve reflections. Visitors move about, watching the machines fold in on themselves and open up again. Their clanking is accompanied by hypnotic music.