ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress, by Bruce Lacey, 1965
- Object Number:
- 2021-387/1
- type:
- robot
ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress, by Bruce Lacey, 1965
- Made:
- 1965 in United Kingdom
ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress, by Bruce Lacey, British,1965
ROSA BOSOM was constructed by Bruce Lacey, whose National Service with the RAF gave him a thorough grounding in electronics and radio technology which set him up for a long career in performance art using ROSA, among other robots. ROSA was displayed in Jasia Reichardt’s landmark 1968 ‘Cybernetic Serendipity’ exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and also performed at events elsewhere, from Bruce's wedding to his second wife, to the Alternative Miss World exhibition in 1985. ROSA exemplifies an approach to robots which takes them outside the formal scientific laboratory into the wider, unpredictable world inhabited by humans.
Details
- Category:
- Human Robotics
- Object Number:
- 2021-387
- Materials:
- steel (metal), aluminium (metal), copper (metal), electrical circuitboards, batteries, rubber (unidentified), polyurethane, plastic (unidentified), plaster, paint, glass, cardboard, leather, canvas and wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
Height = 205 cm x Width = 106 cm x Depth = 60 cm,
- type:
- robot
- credit:
- Julie Lacey
Parts
Components for ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress
- Object Number:
- 2021-387/2
- type:
- components
Components for ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress
- Object Number:
- 2021-387/3
- type:
- components
Components for ROSA BOSOM Radio Operated Simulated Actress
- Object Number:
- 2021-387/4
- type:
- components
