(9/6) Love, Death, and Robots - Zima Blue NOTES

  • different shapes but same color 
  • blue period = "huge murals"
  • spectacle made Zima famous 
  • Zima turned himself into a robot 
  • machine to clean swimming pool 
  • every modification it became more human 
  • can't tell the difference between human with robot parts versus robot with human parts 
  • Zima unmakes himself (kills himself) and returns to pool cleaning robot 
  • reference to Yves Klein 
    • Post-WWII European Artist 
    • Nouveau réalisme
    • Pioneer in performance art, pop art, and minimalism 
    • The Void 1958
    • Way ahead of his time
    • Died (heart attack) while viewing one of his films at the Venice Film Festival 

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