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PAUL GRANJON / Image: B.O.R.N. Prune Machine Glitz / Photographer: Nicola Schauermann

Image: B.O.R.N. Prune Machine Glitz
Photographer: Nicola Schauermann

PAUL GRANJON

Performance lecture|Live music|New technologies

SIZE OF COMPANY
1 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Director/all
Paul Granjon

ARTISTIC POLICY
Paul Granjon has developed a performance lecture format where he describes the state of his research into the co-evolution of humans and machines. He explains and demonstrates home-made robotic contraptions, accompanied by songs and video. The multi-layered content is delivered with deadpan humour.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Granjon’s robotic and videographic performances, an art of happiness.
Guy Sioui Durand, Revue Inter, Canada
Each of his robots is a “semi-naturaloid”, which gives them an attaching humorous apect.
Romina Calò, D’Land, Luxemburg
With a deeper undertone as darker themes are explored in this offbeat performance delivered in a deadpan style
Chris Robinson, Shields Gazette, UK

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Lo-tech Songs with Servo Drive
Paul Granjon presents the latest developments of his research on the co-evolution of humans and machines, demonstrating several unique contraptions, including Mofo the humanoid robot and the fierce Biting Machine.
B.O.R.N. Prune Machine Glitz
Is a collaborative piece with Davida Hewlett and Tom Hobson. The B.O.R.N. trio delivers choreographed songs and active reflections in an attempt to defeat contemporary feelings of gloom and doom.

WRAP-AROUND
post-performance discussions (amateur), in depth demo (amateur), physical computing workshops (amateur/pro)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008
Linz Austria, Lo-Tech Songs + Servo Drive
Villeneuve-lez-Avignons, France, Z Food Régurgite
Osaka, Japan, Solid State No Logic
2007
Bourges, France, Réflexions et constructions d’un pousseur de boutons
Sète, France, Réflexions et constructions d’un pousseur de boutons
Marseille, France, Réflexions et constructions d’un pousseur de boutons
Vienna, Austria, Reflections and constructions of a button pusher
Zürich, Switzerland, The Heart and the Chip
2006
Frankfurt Germany, Reflections and constructions of a button pusher
Gent, Belgium, The heart and the chip
Berlin, Germany, The heart and the chip
Québec City, Canada, Positive activities

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Lo-Tech Songs + Servo Drive: available from April 2009
Prune Machine Glitz: available from April 2009