The Los-Angeles based roboticist and artist Ian Ingram is staying on a 10 weeks Artist-in-Residency sponsored by CPH AIR (Copenhagen Artist in Residency) and Danish Arts Foundation. In the initial Artist Talk, Ian presented some of his earlier art works in images and on video, and discussed issues with the audiences about future possibilities in the Danish environments, ethical issues, and many other things.

Ian Ingram, Dr. Maggotty is Anxious about the End, 2015

During his stay, Ian Ingram produced the art work Dr. Maggotty is Anxious about the End, which was displayed in the wild on Amager, close to IT University, and at Nikolaj Kunsthal between January 8 and 15, 2015. During the exhibition period, the art work was sometimes placed on a branch outside the church building of Nikolaj Kunsthal. 

Activities Ian was involved in during his Artist in Residency:

• Artist Talk: "Sexbots for woodpeckers", Nov 22
• Panel at CPH:DOX, Nov 15
• Networking: Fabrikken, IT University, Labitat, etc.  
• Assistants from ROCA: Morten Nielsen, Jonas Jørgensen and others helped out.
• Producing artwork: Dr. Maggotty in Anxious about the End, 2015 
• Next Animals: Exhibition of artwork and Artist Talk at Nikolaj Kunsthal
• Online catalogue produced by Nikolaj Kunsthal, contributions by Ian and ROCA
• Media appearance: interview with Ian on videnskab.dk, Forskning.no, and Kunsten.nu.
• 2-day Art and Robots workshop

Ian Ingram is invited as Artist in Residency by ROCA, and supported by CPH AIR and the Danish Arts Foundation.