The technologizing of the world is inexorable, and our relationship to the machines of tomorrow ambivalent. Machines are part of our plan for the future, which increasingly attributes to them human functions and autonomy. In science fiction scenarios, we encounter both helping robots who make themselves useful as assistants in our daily lives and others that mutate in uncontrollable ways.

In Alexander Hahn’s video The Outer Plant an astronaut is forced into an alliance with an artificial intelligence. Hörner/Antlfinger’s video Le nouveau OMIZA advances the illusion that an emotional relationship can evolve between people and humanoid robots. The American group Survival Research Laboratories (founded 1978) constructs mechanical creatures that unfold destructive energies in sensational shows.