Studio for non-industrial robotics: installations and artworks with industrial robots

AATB GmbH

Zurich, Switzerland · Marseille, FranceNew on Amplifa

2019First works (Soap Opera, A Particular Score)

2 StudiosZurich and Marseille

Swiss Design Award 2021Award

About AATB

AATB is a studio by Andrea Anner and Thibault Brevet based in Zurich with a second studio in Marseille. The duo treats robotics as a material and deploys industrial robot arms outside of factory logic: robot arms become performers, collaborators and interaction partners in everyday situations. The practice combines engineering with choreography, making human-machine interaction visible and tangible. Works by AATB have been shown, among others, at ZKM Karlsruhe, V&A Dundee, Ars Electronica Linz, New Museum New York, the Art Biennale and Architecture Biennale Venice, the Chengdu Biennale, Unfold X Seoul, APS Shanghai and the Beijing Art and Technology Biennale. Residencies took the studio to CERN and Atelier Luma in Arles. In addition to installations and artworks, AATB gives lectures, runs workshops and teaches internationally, among others at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, ZHdK, ECAL, HEAD and SUPSI.

Site: Zürich
Processes: Robotics installations and artworks with industrial robots, Lectures and talks, Workshops (e.g. Lazy Bastards, Ghost in the Machine), Teaching/residencies
Materials: Industrial robot arms, Motion capture and 3D scanning
Industries: Art and culture, Design, Exhibitions and biennials, Education, Exhibitions/biennials

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Concept and design
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Software and robotics development
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Choreography and programming
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Installation
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Lectures, workshops and teaching

Processes and Media

Rob-Arm

Industrial robot arms

The studio's central medium, used in non-industrial contexts as performers and interaction partners.

MoCap

Motion capture and 3D scanning

Used in the workshop Ghost in the Machine to digitize everyday objects and link them with human movement.

Studios

Zurich

Studio

Materials: Industrial robot arms

Marseille

Studio

Works and Projects

**Soap Opera**Robotics installation · Art and culture

**Friendly Fire**Robotics installation · Art and culture

**Works in museum contexts**Installation · Exhibitions

Inside the production

Do Robots Dream of Construction Sites? – Archizoom EPFL

Industries

Art and cultureDesignExhibitions and biennialsEducationExhibitions/biennials

Additional services

Robotics installations and artworks with industrial robotsLectures and talksWorkshops (e.g. Lazy Bastards, Ghost in the Machine)Teaching/residencies

Reference customers

ZKM KarlsruheV&A DundeeArs Electronica LinzNew Museum New YorkVenice Biennale of ArtVenice Biennale of ArchitectureChengdu BiennaleUnfold X SeoulAPS ShanghaiBeijing Art and Technology BiennaleMO Museum VilniusTsinghua University Art MuseumSeoul Institute of the ArtsCERN (Residency)Atelier Luma Arles (Residency)

History

2019
Works Soap Opera and A Particular Score
2021
Won the Swiss Design Award; exhibition Stained Glass, APS Museum Shanghai
2022
Beijing Art and Technology Biennale (world's first biennale for art, science and technology)
2023
Residency/workshop Seoul Institute of the Arts; talk The Future of Intelligence, Locarno Film Festival
2024
Exhibition Ghost in the Machine, Seoul; work Particular Score III
2025
Talk Visualizing Human Machine Interaction, Dataviz Zurich