Maker Faire Austin 2007
Tessera: Robot Puppets

Get a preview of the robotic cabaret-style performance to be launched in Summer 2008 by los de la máquina. In it, a mix of mechanical characters, digital interaction, vintage analog remixes, human actors and puppeteers draw audiences into Tessera –- the fairypunk machine dreamworld that exists somewhere between binary ones and zeros. See a robot-controlled marionette and steampunk bunraku puppet from the show.

Web site: http://www.delamaquina.com

Project photo.

Topic(s): Arts | Engineering

Tags: robot puppets puppetry robotics tessera performance art

About the Maker(s)

los de la máquina LDLM builds unusual objects to explore physical computing, interface design, and technology for the performing arts. Its founder, David Nunez, also organizes dorkbot-austin, a bi-monthly gathering of people doing weird things with electricity. (http://www.dorkbotaustin.org)

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10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
Avoid the lines: buy tickets in advance!
Tickets available online or at the Austin Children's Museum

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