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kirsty boyle :: robotics artist

workshops

2011 oceans of air public workshops at Floating Land Festival, Boreen Point

2010 Children’s Robot Workshop with Niki Passath at the Kunsthaus Graz, Austria. During the workshop we had 23 children, and made 7 robots – some bunnies, a tiger and a giraffe.

2009 ‘USB Dollhouse’ workshop with Varvara Guljajeva in conjunction with the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society at Roboloco – Festival for Mechatronic Art and Robotics, Bern

2008 Karakuri workshops and lectures with Master Shobei Tamaya IX and Professor Yoshikazu Suematsu at Questacon (The National Science and Technology Centre) and the Australian National University, Canberra; The Japan Foundation (Sydney office) and at Winmalee High School, the Blue Mountains. Supported by The Japan Foundation and the Australia Japan Foundation

2004 Straight Out Of Brisbane Festival ‘girltron toy hacking’ workshop, Brisbane

1999 Co-ordinator – UNICEF International Day of Broadcasting for Children. I held a puppetry workshop and multicast on the Internet puppet plays performed by children in the Starlight Room at the Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne