Julius Popp Overview

GALERI E  JOCELYN WOLFF
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JULIUS POPP
Gallery Jocelyn Wolff is very happy to welcome Julius Popp for his first solo
show. This exhibit inaugurates invitations #, a series of exhibitions that assert
the prospective dimension of the gallery’s work.
Julius Popp’s work has received numerous international distinctions. His
interdisciplinary projects are not only recognized in the art world but also in the
field of scientific research. Presently, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory as well as the Fraunhofer Institut in Bonn are studying
Julius Popp’s realizations in the laboratory: he developed, as a part of his artistic
work, robots that introduced new forms of artificial intelligence.
Julius Popp uses technology as a means to separate and objectify natural, social,
and cultural processes and cognitive structures. Exploring and inventing a formal
and functional language in order to express his artistic preoccupations leads
Julius Popp to develop machines and robots capable of interacting with their
environment and even develop a form of artificial consciousness.
At the intersection between art and science, the works of Julius Popp enlarge
and redefine the notion of interactivity.
The gallery will present micro.eva and micro.adam, two robots capable of
generating an awareness of their own movements, as well as new projects and
prototypes developed by Julius Popp.
Julius Popp was born in 1973 in Nürnberg. He studied at Hochschule für Grafik und
Buchkunst in Leipzig (Meisterschüler Astrid Klein). He received numerous international
awards including the Künstföderpreis der Stadtwerke Halle und Leipzig 2002, the Robot
Choice Award 2003, and he was nominated for the Inspire-award 2004. In 2OO4, he
notably exhibited at Artexpo in New York and in “Verfahren im Raum” at Kunstraum B2 in
Leipzig.