Robotic Journeys through the Andes
From Art Is Not a Thing by Ars Electronica
August 31, 2025 · 20 min · Season 2 · Episode 3
About this episode
Hannah interviews Paula Gaetano Adi about Guanaquerx, the first robot to cross the Andes, exploring its cultural and technological significance.
In this episode, Hannah talks to Golden Nica winner Paula Gaetano Adi about Guanaquerx, the first robot in history to cross the Andes Mountains. More than a technical object, Guanaquerx is a poetic, political, and collective operation that was two years in the making, involved a transdisciplinary team and fused ancestral knowledge with contemporary robotic technologies. Its symbolic crossing of the Andes hints at a new kind of revolution, one that brings about alternative technological future...
People in this episode
Host: Hannah
Guest: Paula Gaetano Adi
Topics covered
- robotics
- Andes Mountains
- transdisciplinary collaboration
- poetic technology
- political implications
- alternative futures
Keywords
- robot
- Andes
- Guanaquerx
- Paula Gaetano Adi
- technology
- cultural revolution
- transdisciplinary
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Guanaquerx
Places: Andes Mountains
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