THE DINNER TABLE PROJECT (2000 - )

Dinner Table is a machine that listens in on table talk, spins stories according to the events surrounding it and translates these events into games. Each dinner companion chooses a piece at the beginning of the session. These pieces have pre-existing dispositions and a history that condition the stories told. In response to the conversational flow throughout dinner, the pieces move on a surface reminiscent of a game board.
Dinner Table is designed and conceived in collaboration with Michael Mateas. It is sponsored in part by the Institute for Studies in the Arts at Arizona State University.
Click here fora pdf file on DT in the context of Contemplative Robotics.