Julie-Michèle Morin

Julie-Michèle Morin is an artist-researcher currently completing her doctoral thesis in robotics and theatre at the University of Montreal and the University of Antwerp. Her work critically examines the intersections between performance arts, robotics, and technofeminist theory, exploring how these realms mutually inform and influence one another. Morin frequently engages in dramaturgical consulting and cultural criticism, producing insightful analyses and manifestos around human-machine interactions and technological ethics. She is also an Artist in Residence at the SETI Institute for 2024–2025, deepening her inquiry into technology’s societal and performative impacts through practical experimentation and creative performance projects. Morin’s contributions span academic, artistic, and media contexts, establishing her as an influential voice at the crossroads of technology, performance, and critical theory.

„My work playfully explores the complexities between humans and robots, merging art and critical theory to question technological norms and societal expectations through performance, disobedience, and feminist inquiry.„
Julie-Michèle Morin

Glitching Optimization in a Few Steps

„Glitching Optimization in a Few Steps,“ a lecture-performance by Julie-Michèle Morin, explores robotics through deliberate failures, critiquing neoliberal norms of optimization and productivity. Robots—such as Roborock S8, IGUS Rebel Cobot, Thymio, and Spot—are staged failing humorous and poetic tasks, subverting traditional performance expectations. Drawing on queer theories of failure as activism, the project aims to […]