Hello, my name is
Robert Walton
I am an artist, educator and writer.
2020
This year I’m the Resident Artist in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. I’m working on a Child of Now prototype in collaboration with Arts Centre Melbourne and a major new digital artwork for Melbourne Connect. Get in touch for more details.
Future
Thursday 4 June The Connected You: Entertainment – Melbourne Connect (online). I’ll be discussing my current projects Child of Now and The Heart, collaborations with scientists, and some perspectives on emerging frontiers of entertainment post-lockdown. In conversation with Garry Williams. Free, but registration required.
TUNE IN: Talking about the future again! This time for @melbconnect with Katrina Sedgwick CEO of @ACMI on the future of entertainment. Will include updates on Child of Now and The Heart. Excited to hear Katrina's views. Join us! @cis_unimelb @vca_mcm https://t.co/xEw2RR8ksY
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Robert Walton’s production attains the fluid potency of a fever-dream
– The Age
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– The Guardian
The world’s first piece of iPad theatre. Eerie, unsettling and very, very clever.
– The Independent
An original and talented thinker and theatre-maker
– The Times
A wholly new theatrical experience
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A brand new way of looking at the world
– The Stage