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Manuel Tozzi Studies in Motion, 2023 Video installation 00:12:40 (loop) STUDIES IN MOTION is a video work that was created in the summer of 2023. It consists of 13 clips, each documenting short interactions between a human and a robot. Against a monochrome background, the two bodies perform movements that are attributed to care work, body and soul care. Instead of a machine part controlled by a person, a robot takes on the function of a body part. There is nothing reminiscent of the human being who performs machine-like movements against his will, as portrayed by Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times. The human being remains, or rather remains, even if he has integrated the machine or the machine has integrated him into the system. For me, examining the relationship between man and machine also means questioning the boundaries of both entities. The attempt to weigh up the relationship between “doing it yourself” and “being done” today seems to lead nowhere, as does the attempt to break down the interaction with a robot into its active and reactive parts. In my work, I try to show that the distinction has become secondary. The question of what consequences this has for our lives is left to the viewer. Image and text courtesy of the artist.

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