Robot Singles Collection
Takuji Kogo + John Miller
Small World (2021)
IN PERSON
ROBOT (Takuji Kogo + John Miller) North Drive Press NY 2006
"ROBOT" produces songs whose lyrics derive from personal ads found online or in newspapers, more recently, from various other sources.
All of Robot's music is synthetic, including the vocals.
Societies of Control
Text from "Postscript on the Societies of Control / Gilles Deleuze" (1990)
Songs for Berlin Childhood around 1900 by Walter Benjamin
Collaborative project for a video series "Berlin Childhood around 1900" by Aura Rosenberg
| Robot is a virtual band founded by artists Takuji Kogo and John Miller in 2003. Their songs use personal ads and more recently other found texts as lyrics. Their fully synthetic music features electronically produced vocals and instrumentation. Robot has been presented at NBK Berlin, "Open to All Ages and Ethnicities" (2015), "A Little About Me," New Museum, New York (online exhibition, 2013) and within *Candy Factory Projects and Miller’s exhibitions. |
| Takuji Kogo (b. 1965 in Japan, lives in Fukuoka, Japan). Organizes *Candy Factory Projects, a platform for collaborative art projects. Selected solo exhibitions and original curatorial projects: Kitakyushu Biennial (2007 to 2017); Alt space LOOP Seoul (2019); The Private Museum Singapore (2018); Kalmar Konstmuseum Sweden (2015); Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin (2012), The Rooseum, Malmö (2005), Färgfabriken, Stockholm (2004); Akiyoshidai International Art Village (2003). Participation in exhibitions and projects: Aichi Triennial (2016); New Museum, New York (2013); Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2009); The Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin (2009); Media City Seoul (2004); Yokohama Triennale (2001). *Candy Factory Projects are archived at: https://artonline.jp/ |
| John Miller (b. 1954 in Cleveland, USA, lives in New York and Berlin). Solo exhibitions (selection): The Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2020), Kubus, Wien (with Richard Hoeck, 2013); Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2011); Kunsthalle Zurich (2009); Cabinet des Estampes at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva (2004); The Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (with Mike Kelley, 2000); Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble; Kunstverein Hamburg (1999). |
| Robot are archived at https://artonline.jp/#robot |