Kal Spelletich

Friday, August 4 – Saturday, August 19

The LAB is pleased to present kinetic installations by Kal Spelletich, a Bay Area-based machine artist and founder of the interactive performance collective SEEMEN. Spelletich’s work compels audience members to fuse themselves with his machines and perceive the world and their place within it differently as a result. His materials consist largely of reapplied industrial items from junkyards and dumpsters. Participants control (or are temporarily controlled by) the art-bots, many of which are engineered to respond to human biological data. Spelletich’s latest work involves experimenting with bio-morphic inputs that trigger machines and robots to provide viewers with a direct real-life experience. This exhibition will also include kinetic sculptures triggered from input on Capp Street, adjacent to The LAB. In a very visceral way, this work traces an elusive membrane that separates the physical and digital worlds.

The LAB will be offering two workshops where Spelletich will demonstrate and teach how to build kinetic machines. An artist talk and discussion will also be hosted.