Medusai - Installation & Performance
The Goat Farm
Saturday April 5, 2025 06:00 PM EDT
Cost: Free but RSVP required
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CRITIC’S PICK: Medusai by Dr. Gil Weinberg, Goat Farm - Inspired by mythical maiden Medusa, this robotic sculpture interacts with onlookers through sound, touch, light and movement. The piece “contemplates the transformational effect of Artificial Intelligence on culture and society, reflecting on the original hopes as well as the risks of AI,” according to creator Dr. Gil Weinberg, founder of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. “Visitors who avoid sudden and accelerated motions may generate musical and artistic responses from Medusai,” we are warned. “Alternately, fast and abrupt movement in front of Medusai’s eyes elicits alarming sounds and threatening motions.” - Kevin C. Madigan
From the venue:
medusai is an AI driven robotic sculpture that responds to and interacts with humans through sound, light, touch, and movement. Inspired by the Greek myth of Medusa, the sculpture features seven robotic arms in the form of snake hair installed on room-scale facial structure. Movement and tactile interaction with and around medusai are sensed and analyzed, leading the sculpture to follow visitors, pluck strings, and respond with electronic sound and light sequences.
medusai is presented by Goat Farm, Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, & Sweetwater NEP.
Medusai - Installation & Performance | 04/05/2025 6:00 PM