(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