Lethal Litter Oil on linen 36 x 112 cm 2021
I'm not going to write much. But, suffice to say, the word litter in the title Lethal Litter was deliberately chosen for its multiple meanings.
This 'litter' of three weaponised quadruped robots (I refuse to call them dogs) scope the landscape, which is dotted with geolocating graphics. After all, landscape must be geo-mapped for robotic systems, especially those with autonomous abilities to move within and through a landscape/environment. This does not mean the robots have autonomous functionality regarding their weapons though. Some would add the word - 'yet'.
Increasingly, robotic systems and platforms are assemblages of autonomous functions and remotely operated functions. For example movement in a rugged landscape or an unmapped urban environment can require a robot, or robots, to move autonomously, especially if remote operators are not close. Google 'robotic dogs', 'military robotic quadrupeds' etc and you'll find some fascinating and also scary videos!
Like my other recent painting Biped and Quadruped: Warfighters, Lethal Litter was inspired by news of experiments where robotic quadruped were weaponised.
My last post Dogs, Quadrupeds and Robots features a few more paintings, but mostly with real dogs.
Cheers,
Kathryn
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