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Jan 13, 2022 · That TikTok seems to have spurred others to add their own commentary about the work, finding unusual forms of empathy with the machine. “‘a piece of art won’t hurt you,'” jokingly wrote ...
- Alex Greenberger
May 12, 2019 · sun yuan and peng yu have programmed the robot in can’t help myself to keep the thick, deep red liquid within a predetermined area. this blood-like fluid continually oozes away, triggering the...
Nov 12, 2021 · Sun Yuan and Peng Yu designed 32 movements for the machine, including the "scratch an itch," "bow and shake" and "ass shake." Read more Minnesota Uses TikTok to Stop Teens Vaping Amid Reports of E ...
- Kate Fowler
Nov 10, 2021 · Fact Check. Claim: Facebook post describes and shows "Can’t Help Myself," a robot arm art installation. Description: A Facebook post claimed that the art installation ‘Can’t Help Myself’, which features a robot arm continuously trying to clean up a fluid leaking out of itself, stopped working in 2019. Rating: Mixed.
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Dec 2, 2021 · 121,176 likes. kricked. No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It's programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running...if too much escapes, it will die so it's desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day.
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Jan 18, 2022 · The slowing-down of Can’t Help Myself, and its rumoured “death” when it ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, have clearly touched a nerve, with one of the video tributes topping 90 million views. But is TikTok right to mourn Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s artwork, or is it completely missing the point?
May 14, 2019 · One theory sees the liquid’s inability to stay confined as “art’s essential elusiveness.” Another more comprehensive explanation, which the artists endorsed, addresses the angst-ridden dynamic between man and machine. In trying to answer how robotics can take the place of the artist and extend or replicate their will, Sun Yuan believes, “Even if machines develop a new calculating ...