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MELBOURNE – CHRISTOPHER KOELLER: FLOATING WORLDS
Floating Worlds is Köller’s photographic investigation of the contemporary Japanese surfing subculture. It is a selection of photographic and moving images compiled during a residency at the Australia Council’s Tokyo studio in 2003.
Where: RMIT Gallery (Storey Hall, 344 Swanston St) When: Until 26 January http://www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery
SYDNEY – SOCIAL MEDIA AND CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The event is presented by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation with the support of Museums & Galleries NSW, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Museum of Sydney and Australian Museum.
Social media have swiftly risen from obscurity to become one of the hot topics of cultural communication. It looks like social media are here to stay so what do you need to know about them? This event will introduce a number of the major issues as well as demonstrate best practice and state of the art initiatives.
Masterclasses: Thursday 28 February, Australian Museum Conference: Friday 29 February, Museum of Sydney
For program information visit: http://nlablog.wordpress.com/conference-2008/ or www.mgnsw.org.au
To register contact M&G NSW on (02) 9358 1760 or email info@mgnsw.org.au
Are we about to see the world’s first ballet-dancing robot? Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet, has started work on a new piece looking at the links between artificial intelligence and choreography. Called Entity, it will be McGregor’s first new production with his own ballet company, Random Dance, in two years, and will premiere at London’s Sadler’s Wells in April before touring nationwide.
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In a perfect world, everyone would be able to find someone special. That isn’t always the case, and while most online dating services attempt to match people up by hobbies and interest, a new service called Scientific Match is hoping to help people find love (or at least some romance) using DNA. Users send the service a cheek swab and some spit, and the service takes care of the rest. Elsa Wenzel chats with the founders to find out more.
If advances in artificial intelligence continue, your next lover may have an on/off switch.
LOVE AND SEX WITH ROBOTS The Evolution Of Human-Robot Relationships By David Levy
Joel Achenbach reviews David Levy’s “Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships” as Levy speculates that “love with robots will be as normal as love with other humans.” And wait until you get to the spicy parts.
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