Lulu White is a wireless robotic marionette. She was created as a response to perceived divisions existing between spectator and spectacle in a common opening ceremony (vernissage) at a gallery, museum, arts festival or market. A performer wearing a wireless glove covered in sensors controls an object at long distance with real-time precision. This permits the performer to be in two places at once, to mingle with spectators, to join in social ritual, while also projecting his actions into the exhibition space, thus crossing the boundaries between the viewer and the viewed. Lulu White is tactile. Ostrich feathers represent fingers to touch spectators. The chosen aesthetic, along with the name itself, redefines 'the machine,' exploring themes of seduction and imbuing the mechanical with human intimacy and allure.

materials: ostrich feathers · nylon · aluminum · wood · custom electronics · glove · sensors · servo motors

dimensions: 34 x 25 x 90 cm

concept, design, fabrication, programming : Jason Cook

Lulu White exhibited at la Halle Tropisme in Montpellier (FR) · 2025

Original version of Lulu White exhibited in Paris · 2013