Screws and Glue: Diedra Krieger with Plastic Fantastic at Powel and Art Teacher Laurie Doran
Photographs by Benjamin Koditschek
On view: June 6 – July 6, 2024
The Arts League, 4226 Spruce Street, Phila. PA 19104
Reception: 4-7pm Saturday, June 15 // Put a bottle on an Icosahedron panel. Enjoy a snack and beverage.
Hours: Mon-Fri from 1-6 pm, Sat + Sun by appointment
https://www.artsleaguephl.org/article/arts-league-news/new-exhibition-screws-and-glue-diedra-krieger
Screws and Glue is the first iteration of bringing mechatronics, developed over a year and a half in Kod*lab, into a Plastic Fantastic inspired immersive environment. The exhibition is comprised of interactive sculpture, large wall pieces, 2D work, video performance, a look into Kod*lab, and thousands of postconsumer water bottles as the primary materials. Earth Day 2024’s Plastic Fantastic at Powel School, a 16 foot geodesic dome covered in over 6000 water bottles collected and constructed by Powel’s elementary students, is reimagined into an immersive Icosahedron.
The small front gallery features work from Kod*lab. An early robotic research video, “Juggler”, 1992, and a researcher portrait video “Can I Have a Pet T.rex”, 2023, loop on a flat screen monitor. The photographs include a portrait of Dan Koditschek, director of Kod*lab, in his office environment with the robots, taken by his son and artist Ben Koditschek.
List of Works – link
Workshop organizer: Speed-dating to long-term relationships: Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language, Friday 17th May 2024, ICRA, https://roboticart.org/icra-2024-workshop.
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