Kenneth Feingold's Talking Robot Heads at Ace Gallery Los Angeles

New York multimedia artist Kenneth Feingold presents a survey of works from the mid-1980s to recent technological inventions at Ace Gallery in Los Angeles, from October 4 to December 2005. The exhibition traces the evolution of his practice, from text-based works on paper and canvas to interactive robotic installations. Central to Feingold's work is the body and its relationship to formal and social space. Since the late 1990s, he has created installations featuring computer-programmed solitary heads that begin conversing with each other when a person enters the room. Placed in varied settings such as a bed or a box, these disembodied heads seem completely unaware of their lack of a body. Video projections and interactive sensors further the unsettling union of artificial life and human discourse.