The Imitation Game

Manchester Art Gallery, England 12.02.16–05.06.16

The Imitation Game is an exhibition by eight international artists who explored the theme of machines and the imitation of life.
With a title inspired by Alan Turing’s Turing Test, devised to test a computer’s ability to imitate human thought, introduced in an article while he was working at The University of Manchester, The Imitation Game includes three new commissions and works never before seen in the UK.

Two robots with uncanny humanoid faces and strange skeletal bodies sit in a room, discussing a disturbing dream.
As a visitor enters the room, the robots respond by moving their eyes, then turning their heads and speaking, as if an intruder has interrupted their conversation. We get the distinct impression that we are unwelcome, as the robots request that we "please be quiet" and turn back to their private conversation.