Kerr, SeanGawronski, Alex2025-04-162025-04-162024-04-20"Stupid As", Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia, 20 April - 2 June 2024https://hdl.handle.net/2292/71910This research output, titled "Ba-Dum-Tiss," explores the intersection of technology and art through the integration of Unity 3D AI API, Arduino, actuators, a snare drum, and a cymbal. Included in the exhibition "Stupid As," curated by Dr. Alex Gawronski at Gertrude Contemporary, the work investigates the generative possibilities of perceived stupidity within artistic practice. The exhibition, featuring artists such as Hany Armanious, Alex Gawronski, Ronnie van Hout, MP Hopkins, Sean Kerr, Cescon & Donovan, Del Lumanta, Michelle Nikou, Jelena Telecki, Justene Williams, Salote Tawale, and The Estate of Quinto Sesto, ran from April 20 to June 2, 2024. "Stupid As" challenges the normative imperative to avoid appearing foolish, instead embracing failure, mistakes, satire, parody, slapstick, mimicry, and the absurd as critical tools. This approach aligns with Gawronski's broader interest in the socio-political implications of galleries and museums as contested cultural sites. His extensive body of work, including his PhD thesis "No New Utopia: The Crisis of Art as Critique Under Globalisation," underscores the critical potential of art in the contemporary global context.Sean Kerr Ba-Dum-Tiss, 2024 Unity 3D AI API, Arduino, actuators, snare drum, cymbalBa-Dum-Tiss, 2024 Unity 3D AI API, Arduino, actuators, snare drum, cymbalItems in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmExhibitionCopyright: The authors