Robert Gleeson is a guy trying to create a robot circus.
That sentence alone should probably get your heart a' pumping if you're robot-phobic like me, but there's more. This circus (Pozzo and Grotsky's Electric Animal Circus) is not merely a bunch of robots performing tricks (oh no, that would be too easy) this circus has a back story:
In Gleeson's own words:
In a junk-punk, post-apocalyptic future an incorrigible showman and a boy genius build robotic animals from trash and make them the stars of a traveling circus. That is the premise of a new animatronics/puppetry-based live show I’m developing.
To showcase the concept, I’ve made a website with 4 short films plus loads of photos, music and artwork, featuring:
- A robotic octopus who plays the xylophone
- A fortune-telling mechanical ant
- Unique musical instruments made from re-purposed electronics
- Ringmasters, clowns, showgirls and more.
It's a virtual avant-garde theater production!
This is what is going to happen next, I'm going to post a bunch of videos that showcase some of Gleeson's creations and then let you sleep on it.
When you wake up tomorrow you will feel a deep sense of dread but won't understand why at the time. As the morning sun warms your cold and stiff body you will remember vague and disturbing images from your dreams.
It is at this moment you will feel yourself silently screaming and go into a fear coma looking slightly like this:
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| I saw a robotic ant! |
But it will end up okay, I promise.
