For Territoria 4 he presents Beggar Robot, a robot for materially disadvantaged people wholly constructed by assembling used computer components with other material put together free of cost. This is a surrogate agency created for a world where excluded groups do not go begging on the street, unless they are truly desperate.
The robot has access to areas which are usually off-limit for beggars, like shopping malls, or participates in community events attended by society's echelons. The concept is that this group of people may show some solidarity towards the downtrodden only if they are kept at a distance and through a technological interface.
The project puts to test and exploits the advantages of the robotic interface by bringing the Beggar Robot in public spaced in different countries and by adapting it to the local context and language, to beg in the name of the poor. The project is both a social experiment and a small charity action to make us aware of invisible poverty and possible solutions to the problems.

Sašo Sedlacek
Born in 1974 in Ljubljana (Slovenia). Lives and works Ljiubljana
His work may be defined under the principles of the disposal theory, with the use and reuse of low cost technologies and the recycling of waste material. The artist works often in public spaces through the adoption of resistance strategies and friendly tactics, without making recourse to typically political or ideological means, to remind us that we live in a hyper-consumer world, where do-it-yourself modes, open systems, common good may become an alternative to the growing number of people who are excluded from or simply dissatisfied with mainstream life. His work does not want to present grand solutions, but rather to trigger small concrete changes in society, showing that individuals and groups can produce small-scale changes for the definition of their environment and their mutual influence. Of the important exhibitions he has participated in, let us mention here Seccesion, Vienna, Austria (2008), Mala Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2008), 6.Taipei Biennial, Taiwan (2008), Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria (2008), Museumsquartir (MUMOK, Freiraum), Vienna, Austria (2009).