Abstract

This lecture presents a series of robotic art practices within the broader theoretical and historical frameworks of human–technology relations. Drawing from an interdisciplinary perspective, it examines how creative robotics operates as both a method and a critical lens for rethinking agency, embodiment, and relationality in a technological world. Tracing key shifts from anthropocentric and utilitarian paradigms toward more entangled, non-hierarchical understandings of human–machine coexistence, the talk engages cyborg theory and posthumanism to reconsider what the concept of the body is in the digital age.

Speaker Bio

Zoe Qi-Jing Li, a new media artist, is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and a 2025–2026 Visiting Student at Harvard FAS CAMLab. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including the Ming Contemporary Art Museum, the 2022 Beijing Biennial, the Macao International Art Biennale 2023, the Latitude Gallery in NYC, the TEI 2024, and the SIGGRAPH Art Gallery 2024.

Event Information

• Free and open to the public
• December 5th (Friday)
• 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET
• This is an in-person event.

Please note

Advanced RSVP required.
The event will be conducted in English.