Cybraphon

Description

Interactive social media installation piece Cybraphon autonomous emotional robot band created by FOUND Edinburgh based artists' collective, instruments and found objects operated by 60 robotic components housed in a modified wardrobe, controlled by computer, 2009

Museum reference

T.2013.6

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Robot, Cybraphon

Production information

FOUND, Makers
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Campbell, Ziggy, 2001 - 2013 (fl.), Maker and composer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Kirby, Simon M., 1994 - 2017 (fl.), Maker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Perman, Tommy, 2001 - 2013 (fl.), Maker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

2009

Materials

Wood, Glass, Metal, Plastic

Associations

Funder: New Media Scotland
University of Edinburgh
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Edinburgh Art Festival 2009
Edinburgh International Festival

Exhibitions

Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh International Festival 2013: Cybraphon (09 Aug 2013 - 01 Sep 2013)
Museum of Scotland

References

The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Second Edition, Laurence Libin Editor in chief, Oxford University Press, 2014, Volume 4 entry for Robotic instruments cites Cybraphon as an examplar, p323

A Touch of Code: Interactive Installations and Experiences, Gestalten, Berlin, 2011, pp 100-101 FOUND Electronics (NMS Library 709.05014TOU)