Jessica Field, for the last 10 years, works mainly with robotics and Artificial Intelligence to create theatrical robot plays where the environment determines the course of the plot and the robot actors play out their flaws in character. Jessica has exhibited in Sweden, Montreal and Toronto. She has shown in Electrohype 2008, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Oboro, Optica, and at Inter/Access. Jessica Field teachings adult beginner courses in electronics at Inter/Access. She received her AOCAD at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario and Design and her MFA at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
Jessica programs all her robots in assembler unless it makes more sense to use high level languages. She works with a lot of paper and cardboard to descover new ways of creating mechanical devices that can do intricate movements for her robots. Jessica loves making drawings on her blackboard and has recently descovered blackboard animation. She enjoys the hobby of bookbinding and if necessary book repair.
1999 - 2009