In article <[log in to unmask]>, Edward Jay Pershey <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Mannekins answering questions...sounds absolutely awful. If you want to
>
> Ed Pershey
I don't know. Sounds like high art, to me. The current Carnegie International
Art Exhibition (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA) has something just
like this. It is a suit of clothes standing upright, with a flattish white
thing (looks rather like a sofa pillow) where the face should be. Projected
onto the pillow is a human face, talking. I haven't stopped to listen to what
it says, but it sure sounds a lot like the mannekins answering canned
questions. The CI is supposed to be a prestigious show (as a biologist, I
can't claim to know), so I guess talking mannekins must be "in".
Robin Panza
Section of Birds
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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