Anaisa Franco
Psychosomatic Series
Inspired by psychology, dreams and the possibilities inherent in DIY electrical engineering, Anaisa Franco animates objects with behaviours and feelings.
Frustration
2012
sensitive sculpture
110 x 70 x 25 cm
Paranoia
2010
reactive sculpture
15 x 11 x 20 cm
Emanating Happiness
2014
interactive sculpture, wood, LED neon flex
15 x 100 x 100 cm
About
Anaisa Franco works with robotics and low-fi electronics to produce interactive sculptures and installation that connect mechanical processes with the subconscious human mind. Inspired by psychology, dreams and the possibilities inherent in DIY electrical engineering, Franco animates objects with behaviours and feelings to blur the boundaries between body, mind and machine.
Experimenta Recharge features three works from her ongoing Psychosomatic series of electronic sculptures exploring different human emotions.
My work as an artist involves supplying sculptures with thoughts, emotions and behaviors, taking them out of the inertia. Electricity creates life as we only move because we are electrical. In the Digital world, I am interested in electricity and what it does to the pieces, removing the material’s inertia by breathing life into them. Anaisa Franco 2014
Presented as part of: Experimenta Recharge: 6th International Biennial of Media Art, which toured Australia in 2014–2016.
The Artist
Anaisa Franco
Anaisa Franco works with robotics and low-fi electronics to produce interactive sculptures and installation that connect mechanical processes with the subconscious human mind.