Saucier, Robert

A Trojan Horse slowly makes its way across grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Trojan Horses nearing the opposite end of the room at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Trojan Horses and Bugs moving along tracks at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Three slow-moving Trojan Horses and a quicker-moving Bug travelling along tracks at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Two Trojan Horses inching along tracks at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Four Trojan Horses making their way along tracks at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Four Trojan Horses move along tracks at grunt gallery. Still from Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Promotional email from for Infrasense at Folly Gallery from November 5 to December 17, 2004. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

List of Robert Saucier's submission slides included with the Infrasense proposal. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Article in Hour's May 13 to 19, 1999 issue on Robert Saucier's still can't fly. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Article in ETC, Numer 62, June–July–August 2003 on Robert Saucier. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

French article on Robert Saucier's Aibo. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Espace's Summer 1999 article on Robert Saucier. Collected material for Infrasense by Robert Saucier and KIT artist collective.

Infrasense is a two-person collaborative sound and robotic installation. Nine plastic and metal molded robotic sculptures, representing the Trojan horse' electronic virus, moved slowly across the gallery space in a straight line, backwards and forwards. Three faster 'Bugs' that are remote-controlled maneuvered around the Trojan horses, as if they are trying desperately for some way to hook up to them or discover what they are carrying. Infrasense takes concepts from the digital world, renders them in physical sculptural form and then returns control of these forms to the digital landscape of the World Wide Web. The gallery that hosts the project becomes a 'carrier' of the virus, which is adaptable to changes in the location/environment and is, therefore, site specific. The resultant work plays out both on the Web and in real time. Infrasense was presented by grunt gallery in conjunction with Folly Gallery (Lancaster, UK).