Art, Robotics & The Human Machine

Saturday December 21  |  2 - 3 PM 

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Inspired by the unconventional, seemingly purposeless machines of Kamiphony, this conversation between Cybèle Young and Hallie Siegel will bring together sculpture, embodied experience and intelligence, and robotics.

Over the course of the talk, they will use key works from Kamiphony as springboards for wider conversations around machines past, present and future, technology and duality. 

The conversation will be moderated by Zoë Foster, Kamiphony's curator.

Hallie Siegel is the CEO of the Canadian Robotics Council (CRC), where she leads national efforts to strengthen Canada’s robotics ecosystem by fostering collaboration between industry, academia, government, and civil society. With a career spanning technology, innovation, and communications, she has advised organizations, research institutes, and companies on how to translate complex robotics and AI advances into meaningful narratives. Passionate about building inclusive, future-focused policies and partnerships, Hallie works to ensure Canada is not only a user of robotics technologies but also a global leader in their responsible development and deployment.

Cybèle Young is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist and author. Her decades-long collaboration with Japanese paper anchors a practice concerned with transformation, ritual, and shifting perspective - from intricate paper miniatures to large-scale kinetic installations.

Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1995, Young has presented more than twenty solo exhibitions and over thirty group exhibitions across Canada and internationally, including New York, Los Angeles, London, Oslo, Singapore, Beijing, and Tokyo. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Canada Council Art Bank, Global Affairs Canada, BMO Financial Group, OMERS, and Ernst & Young. She has received more than thirty grants and awards, including the Governor General's Literary Award and a Canada Council residency in Paris. She is represented by Forum Gallery in New York and Los Angeles.