This classic 2018 performance by artist Mattias Lindström features a massive KUKA industrial robot arm acting as his dance partner. Titled “When a robot has its own will,” the piece is a masterclass in programming and trust—assuming you’re comfortable putting your life in the hands of a multi-tonne machine that usually spends its days spot-welding car chassis. The choreography is both elegant and vaguely unsettling, serving as a perfect metaphor for our increasingly complex relationship with automation.
