Earl Park

This series, <Machines on the verge of a nervous breakdown> is intended to ask questions about men and machines. In this series, machines with simple logic circuits make an attempt to simulate some of human neurosis that is supposed to be painfully human.
The first work of this series, <Escape from Freedom> comprises a table with a moving top and a robot trapped in a circle in the middle of the table top. The table top is devised to be tilted by pushing and then restored its original position. A viewer interacts with the robot by pushing the table and inducing the robot to escape beyond the confines of the circle. However, trapped in its own “unreasonable” algorithm the robot can not escape.