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Literature
Anderson, B. (2015). Why We Laugh at Robot Fail Videos. VICE. https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgb588/why-we-laugh-when-robots-fail. Accessed 14.05.2021.
Bergson, H. (1921) Laughter: An Essay On The Meaning Of The Comic. New York: The Macmillan Company. Accessed May 2021 via Google Books.
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Artworks (in order of mentioning)
Charlie Chaplin (1936). Feeding Machine: Modern Times
Jacques Tati (1958). Mon Oncle
Boston Dynamics Do You Love Me?
Early Big Dog quadruped robot testing
Rube Goldberg Machine
Peter Fischli and David Weiss —The Way Things Go
Jan Hakon Erichsen
and Visual Artist Pops Balloons In Oddly Satisfying Ways
Roman Signer
Punkt and Tisch
Michael Reeves —The Roomba That Screams When it Bumps Into Stuff
Robot Dog Slips on Banana Peel
Marcel Duchamp — Bicycle Wheel
Nik Ramage — Jelly Wobbler
Maywa Denki Nonsense Machine Concert
David Moises The Ultimate Machine aka Shannon’s Hand
Gambiarra
Jury Rigging
Gijs Gieskes
Chindogu
Chindōgu critique TikTok
Simone Giertz
Marina Fujiwara
Dominic Wilcox
and Variations on Normal
and No Place Like Home GPS Shoes
Miguel de Cervantes (1612). The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Self Destructing Washing Machine
Sam Lavigne —Zoom Deleter
Stunts, glitches & slapstick in digital media
John Edmark — Four Legged Chair
Limmy's Show — Annoying Shop Assistant
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