The following text is from a radio interiew in Taos, NM on 03.21.03:

Interviewer: Is there an underlying artistic or philosophic theme to the Motoman Project? Or is it just a bunch of guys having fun with crazy-looking machines?

Motoman Project (MMP): It's probably a little of both. We definately have a blast building, testing, traveling and performing with the machines. We would not continue the project if we did not. At the same time, keep in mind, that this is a "project," something that will grow and evolve the more we experiment with new technologies and equipment. Right now it may seem that we are a "bunch of guys having fun with crazy looking machines" and we are aware of this. Though we are working to bring this type of art to a higher conceptual caliber. We have artistic and philosophical themes that the performances are based on, but at this time, the overall success of the performance is based more on getting the machines to function properly than conveying themes to the audience.

Interviewer: On a technical note, how much thought is put into the design of each piece?

MMP: Each machine has an average of well over 100 hours fabrication time between 3-5 people. Design time, who knows? While we use surplus and salvaged parts as much as possible, some things need to be bought and those things are usually very expensive.

Interviewer: What's the coolest thing for kids to see or what do you hope they come away with, in terms of ideas, connections or imagination?

MMP: Well, pulse jet engines and robots with flamethrowers will always be cool for kids. We hope that they walk away from this demonstration with the idea of how amazing art can be. Art does not have to be restricted to stone, bronze or paint. It can utilize the materials and concepts of our times. For Michaelangelo, marble was the contemporary material and the human form was the contemporary subject of his time. If he [Michaelangelo] were an artist working in the 21st century, I feel he would be creating similar art to us.

Interviewer: Explain the idea of controlled danger that seems to describe the performance?

MMP: Controlled danger is what happens when we try to create realistic situations with machines and equipment that have the intensity level as ours. What you witness at our full-scale shows is something that the general public does not get to experience in a normal situation without consequence.

Interviewer: What is the reason behind it all?

MMP: Basically we could not see doing anything else. We (Joe Riche, Zach Smith, Eric DeWine) are all driven as artists to work in this genre which is of the same ilk as our art. Working within the gallery system is no where near as adventurous as putting diesel spewing flamethrowers, radio controlled machines, high voltage equipment and roaring pulse jets in the path of our audience. We are giving the audience an opportunity to experience true reality, everything we use at a performance is fully operational and dangerous but under conroll circumstances. We feel that The MOTOMAN PROJECT counteracts the synthetic bubble that most people live in.