Killer Laser Robot 1

Killer Laser Robot 1, 2011, Size of the robot 100 x 140 x 100 cm, Wood, Electronics, Aluminium, Mechanics, Motors, Rifle Scope, Wireless camera, FM wireless control, Laserpointer, Television, Joystick

The process for the artwork started when i was visiting a friend that lives in the middle of the forest in Finland. He told me that he has a powerful laser pen (one that burns eyes faster than we can blink) as self-defense against the suspicious neighbours that live 5 Km away. I told him that I could make him a laser turret robot that he could control wirelessly or over internet.

That idea of conquering fear of other people by building a laser shooting robot got stuck in my head, and 3 months later i had my first prototype ready. During the process I often thought that maybe fear of people is making dystopian future controlled by killer robots into a realistic scenario.

The artwork has been shown in: Hyvinkää Art Museum, Finland, Kouvola Art Museum, Finland 48 Stunden Neukölln
Freies Museum Berlin, Suomesta Galleria, Berlin, Westwerk, Hamburg, PING 12 dOCUMENTATION, Kassel and in Walden Kunstaustellungen ,Berlin.

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