Here are some links to extra information concerning the artists I brought up in the presentation. Most of these works are best seen in a moving format, which would have eaten up all of my time. Enjoy.
Ancient Discoveries - A History Channel documentary series specializing in the historic origins of contemporary technologies. A little on the sensational side, but they do some interesting re-constructive work. This episode is particularly relevant to the presentation, but many of them are worth checking out.
Lucky the Dinosaur - The first free-roaming animatronic character ever created, Lucky serves as something of a mascot for Disney theme parks worldwide.
Jean Tinguely - A short video of his Homage to New York. The quality is rough, but footage of this piece is scarce at best, so any news is good news.
Chico MacMurtrie (Amorphic Robot Works) - A local man, at one time. This website concerns his most recent organization, specializing in interactive installations of a robotic nature; and includes photo, video and writings.
RobotLab - The makers of Juke Bots. If anyone speaks German, please come forward. I would love to know what it says on their website.
Chris Thrash - An Alabama-based enthusiast of the Rock-a-Fire Explosion, who has taken to re-programming the figures to perform current popular songs. I hear talk of a recent or upcoming DVD release.
Stelarc - This guy has been at it for some time. He has plenty of material out there, but his youtube page gives a decent survey of some of his major works.
SRL - Another local group (the Bay Area seems to be a hot-spot for this type of activity). I like this stuff more than Robot Wars.
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