Arts Track

The installation Monkey Business invites to interact with a cuddly toy monkey that mimics the body gestures of a visitor. It provokes users to explore similarity and sympathy with an electronic device in a playful way. The fluffy appearance presents an ironic approach to the fact that people are more gravitated to a cuddly toy by finding him even more human-like than a robot that is designed to look exactly like a human being. Natural Interaction with this aping machine means: acting like a monkey. The installation’s simplicity and its revival to vivacious reflection of oneself convey fundamental questions of media and communication.