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Charles Céleste Hutchins​

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​Charles Céleste Hutchins was born in San Jose, California in 1976. In 1998, he graduated from Mills College in Oakland, California, where he studied electronic music with Maggi Payne. In 2005, he graduated with an MA from Wesleyan University, where he studied with Ron Kuivila and Anthony Braxton. He recently completed a PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK. In Sound Acts he presented the conceptual work "Sex Robot #1" on gendered and sexualised technologies, based on his own self-made robot, a shop dummy with a joystick mounted to its pelvis. The joystick controls a flight simulator running on a Raspberry Pi, which uses the Pi3d Python graphics library. The simulator shows a military drone model and, in the lower right hand corner, some footage from the US air force in Afghanistan. As the user manipulates the joystick, in addition to controlling the drone simulation, it also raises the ‘arousal’ level of the installation. When this crosses a threshold, the installation moans. As the level increases, the moans become closer together. After crossing a second threshold, it plays a different vocalisation indicating a climax and the simulation shows the drone to be firing a missile. The military footage shows a missile firing and hitting two targets.
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  • home
  • Acts A-C
    • Abdu Ali
    • Adult Baby Jesus & the Unholy Virgin
    • Aimée Lê
    • Akoo-o
    • Alex Alvina Chamberland
    • Alex C
    • Alkistis-Lara Papadaki
    • Alyssa Moxley & Natasha Poulantza
    • Andriana Minou presents 'Epicycle'
    • Anna-Maria Kanta
    • Aris Powerboy
    • Caoimhe Mader McGuinness
    • Charismatic Megafauna
    • Charles Céleste Hutchins
    • Coral Short
  • Acts D-J
    • Diego Orihuela
    • DoDo
    • DUBAIS
    • Erica Scourti
    • Evan Ifekoya
    • Eve Libertine & Charles Webber
    • Fluffyland
    • Frantic Aerostat
    • FYTA
    • FYTINI 101
    • Holly Ingleton
    • Ianna Book
    • INVASORIX
    • Istanbul Queer Art Collective
    • ​Jennifer Torrence
    • Julischka Stengele
  • Acts K-N
    • Kharálampos Goyós
    • Kostis Stafylakis
    • Les Trucs
    • Lori Baldwin
    • ​Magda Lampropoulou
    • Maria F. Dolores & Hundin Atxe
    • Maria Papadomanolaki
    • Metatheodosia
    • Miss Saturation
    • Mutandini Karl
    • Nanah Palm, Louisa Doloksa & Danai Syrrou
    • Natasha Lall
    • Neo / Neele Hülcker
    • Nicephor Herrantes
    • Nicola Woodham
  • Acts N-S
    • ​Nikolaos Vourdoulas & Louisa Doloksa
    • ​Noemi Veberič Levovnik
    • ​Pan Daijing
    • Panels 2015/16
    • ​Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
    • ​Peanut Envy
    • ​Pêdra Costa
    • ​Peter Cant & Krzysztof Honowski
    • Pokemon Poetry
    • Procne & Philomela
    • ​Puce Mary
    • Quimera Rosa
    • ​Red Monky
    • ​Robin Buckley
    • Sex Workers Opera
    • Skull After-Party
  • Acts S-Z
    • Sofia Bempeza
    • ​Stellan Veloce
    • ​Submarine
    • Tante & Tante
    • Tara Rodgers
    • ​The Death of Queer
    • ​The Squidgina Mermaid
    • Tim Lienhard presents "One Zero One"
    • Tritotetartes (34es)
    • Vassiliea Stylianidou
    • Xana
    • Yorgia Karidi
    • Zillah Minx presents "She's a Punk Rocker"
    • Zoid
  • Making of
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