Erwin Driessens / Maria Verstappen (The Netherlands) / Biography
TICKLE SALON

When a person strokes another person’s body, eventually fatigue occurs in the movement and motivation. Variation, attention and unpredictability are important aspects for an enjoyable stroking sensation. Tickle Salon is an intimate robotic installation that fulfils the desire in being caressed with indefatigable attention. One can lay back and relax while a robotic brush carries out sensitive movements over the skin, generating a state of personal well-being.


VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: Tickle Salon (08:29), NL, in English, color, stereo, DVD, 2008
PHOTO CREDITS: Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen, Tickle Salon, 2002, photo courtesy the artists. © 2002 Erwin Driessens and Maria Verstappen
DEVOLUTION 
VOILES / SAILS 
TICKLE SALON 
SWARM PAINTINGS 
PACO: 
POETA AUTOMATICO CALLEJERO ONLINE 
AUTOTELEMATIC SPIDER BOTS 
E-SPARKS 		 Louis-Philippe Demers
Nicolas Reeves
Erwin Driessens / Maria Verstappen 
Leonel Moura 
 
Carlos Corpa / Ana Garcia-Serrano
Ken Rinaldo
Plancton Art Studio: Mauro Annunziato / Piero Pierucci 
CONTENTS

DVD-ROM 1
I. ARTIFICIAL BUT ACTUAL: Artificial Life
II. LIMITS OF MODELING: Evolutionary Design
III. SHINING PROSTHESES: Robotics

DVD-ROM 2
IV. BODY AS TECHNOLOGY: Techno-body Modification
V. MORE THAN A COPY, LESS THAN NOTHINGNESS: Bio and Genetic Engineering
VI. SEMI-LIVING: Tissue and Stem Cells Engineering
VII. POST SCRIPTUM: Re-Coding