I, Human and Eva

I, Human and EVA is an interactive art installation exploring the misunderstandings, conversations, and unexpected stories that emerge between humans and robots, told in the form of a comic strip.

Developed during an art residency at DDT Lab RUK in Trbovlje, the installation brings together two robots, an AI language model, and live audience participation to co-author a comic strip in real time. A visitor begins by typing a message to EVA, a NAO humanoid robot, who responds in voice. A photo is then taken of the participant alongside EVA, completing their panel. Simultaneously, a Yaskawa robotic arm draws the comic strip on paper: text boxes, dialogue, and sketch, just as it unfolds.

The result is a participatory visual narrative, written jointly by human and machine. As AI-generated books and synthetic media grow more prevalent, I, Human and EVA shifts the focus from artificial output to artificial relationship, asking not just what a robot can create, but what kind of stories we might tell together, and what we reveal about ourselves in the process.